this is an interlude to savor, particularly with the more extreme horrors that lie in wait. But the Palestinians of Gaza should be through the worst..

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ The Israeli occupation forces have begun to withdraw from the residential areas of Gaza. The ceasefire is due in less than two hours.
[working backwards from oldest unposted tweets]
🔻 C1: The next Israel bombardment on Gaza will happen in hours or days from now?
🔻 EM: It can happen until 08:30 local time and after the release of the 33d Israeli prisoner.
⭕ The list of Israeli prisoners to be released remains a problem. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the ceasefire won’t be respected until the list is presented. Hamas says it will fully respect the agreement, but the list is being delayed for logistical reasons due to the presence of Israeli occupation forces throughout the Strip.
⭕ Israeli occupation forces have booby-trapped dozens of buildings and the first casualties have been reported. Gazans are being warned not to enter their homes without first being checked by local authorities.
⭕ Ceasefire in Gaza starts now.
⭕ Gaza VICTOR.
⭕ The Gaza war took away great people in Palestine, Lebanon and Yemen but no noble cause against an immoral powerful army can be fought without great sacrifices. The story of crimes and brutalities of the most criminal and unethical army and government will be passed on from generation to another and won’t be forgotten, until the next war.
⭕ The Middle East’s most powerful army is now knocking on doors to warn Palestinian families waiting for their loved ones to be released not to celebrate.

A funeral atmosphere in Israel versus a general celebration in Gaza for the ceasefire deal that has defeated Netanyahu and his criminal far-right supporters.
⭕ The astonishing reality:

10% of the population of Gaza has been killed and/or wounded, thousands buried under the rubble, and yet the Palestinians feel victorious and proud, and the occupiers feel defeated. It is a question of the soul and spirit of the original owners versus the defeated spirit of the criminal killer occupiers.

Israel will ask Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of war crimes by the ICC, what have you achieved? Where are your promises of “total victory” and the “defeat of Hamas”? Will you admit your failure and your responsibility? Why did you prolong the war for another 7-8 months in order to agree later on the same deal you proposed?
⭕ The people of Lebanon and Yemen stand unmatched in their sacrifices for Gaza, a pride unparalleled among Arab nations.
⭕ Although 47,000 people have been brutally murdered in Gaza, over 60,000 pregnant Palestinian women in Gaza are now able to have their babies safely.
⭕ Retweet:
🔻Roberta Sutton:
C-F begins Sun 8.30am, gives RIGHT OF RETURN to ALL Pals. Trump forced BN to agree. Ben Gvir resigned but gov survives. C-F may not survive beyond Phase One, 42 days, allowing all to return to previous homes &rebuild. 290 LIFERS to be freed +535 others+ 33 IL hostages to return.
[this is a summary of his latest article: |link| ] 
⭕ The 3 Israeli prisoners were delivered to the international Red Cross in Gaza City.
⭕ retweet:
The Israeli Foreign Minister, when asked by a journalist about the return of Hamas forces to the streets of Gaza in recent hours , said that, unfortunately, we did not achieve our goals in destroying the military and government power of Hamas. |media|

💠@imetatronink:
⭕🔻 C1: Can you name one thing Biden accomplished in 52 years in American politics?
🔻 C2: To get away with showering with his daughter? |media|
🔻 C3: Racism. The 1984 crime bill. He accomplished separating black families and keeping them in poverty.
🔻 C4: Dragged the US into the gutter of moral depravity where his kind and ilk companions thrive. Genocide Joe. Blinken the Butcher. The cackling Kamala the killer.
🔻 Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch): Destroyed Ukraine
🔻 WS: Effectively demilitarized most of European NATO; significantly attrited US munitions stockpiles.
⭕‼️ More than likely, Russian AD assets and their crews have already been in Iran for some time. The new treaty signing is simply the public announcement of their presence — and, as such, a formal warning to the US/Israel.
🔻 C1: I doubt there are Russian AD assets, manned by Russians, in Iran. Russia is not going to get into a war defending Iran from the U.S. or Israel.
🔻 WS: So, in your view, the 20-year “Strategic Partnership” agreement signed yesterday is meaningless?

Permitting the US to effect regime change in a major country on its southern border is not strategically important to Russia?
🔻 C2: But, but, Will. The U.S. talking heads said that Iran’s AD capabilities were destroyed by Israel.
🔻 C3: Remember when planes flew in mass from Russia to Iran? Yeah, the decision was taken back then
🔻 C4: I agree. The new agreement is merely the formality.
🔻 Brandon: It won’t stop what’s coming, though. Unless Trump can get a real deal on Ukraine and the Russians don’t d*ck him around too much.
🔻 WS: I don’t understand what you mean by “it won’t stop what’s coming”.
🔻 Brandon: The Israelis, and by extension, the US are going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at the Iranians over the next two years. As I’ve said for some time now. And I am not convinced that Iran will ultimately be able to sustain a defense. But all that means is that we’re ultimately just handing the region over to the crazies in Turkey.
🔻 WS: “Everything and the kitchen sink”? What can this possibly mean? Describe for me the contents of a strike package consisting of “everything and the kitchen sink”.

And … TWO YEARS?

In the context of a major air campaign, the US would run out of PGMs in about TWO WEEKS.
🔻 Brandon: I’m not just talking about military action. They’re going to throw economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a quixotic covert regime attempt using MEK-types. But the bottom line is that the Iranian regime is weak right now so it might collapse when all is said and done.
🔻 WS: Sorry, Brandon, but I think this is baseless wishful thinking.

The IRGC is the power in Iran. They will remain so.

As for US “economic sanctions” and other “soft power” tools … they have long-since become all bark and no bite. They will be circumvented.
🔻 Brandon: It’s not wishful thinking. I don’t want another Mideast war. But I think Uncle Sam has one war left in him before he runs out of juice. It looks like this is the one DC wants. Unless Trump can stabilize things. That’s if he survives Inauguration Day.
🔻 C6: They have Chinese backing.
🔻 Brandon: Not to the level that they have Russian backing.
🔻 C6: The Chinese are backing the Russians. That’s why the Russians invaded.
🔻 Brandon: The Chinese are doing some things to back the Russians. Beijing is more than happy to see Moscow and Washington bleed each other in Ukraine, giving China the time it needs to ascend to the top geopolitical spot (which it is) w/o having to firing a shot itself.
🔻 WS: Similarly, both the Russians and the Chinese will be more than willing to materially back the Iranians against the Americans.
🔻 Brandon: Absolutely, but to what extent? Thus far, Russia has gone out of its way to restrain Iranian responses these last two years. And, China, while it has massive investments in Iran, hasn’t really done much to help them thus far.
🔻 WS: I submit Russia and China will be willing to back Iran to more or less the same extent the US/NATO has backed Ukraine.
🔻 Brandon: Will they have time to get into position. It looks like Israel is itching to go ASAP.
🔻 WS: What do you mean “get into position”?

In any case, the Iranians absolutely have the ability to defend themselves for quite a while, and more importantly, they have clearly demonstrated the ability to strike back HARD against both US and Israeli targets in the region.
🔻 C7: They’re already in position, that position being Iran. Israel has very little to strike Iran with. They could send F-35 but they’d have to refuel 3 times to get there and back and half of them would be downed in the first sortie. Israel is a chihuahua barking from behind the US.
🔻 WS: It comes down to a question of geography.

8,500 versus 636,000 square miles.

Everything in Israel is packed inside a little box.

Iran could very conceivably destroy ten key installations and thereby deliver a crippling blow to both the Israeli military and its economy.
🔻 Brandon: Defense, yes. The striking back bit is a bit more complicated because, as I have noted at The Washington Times, it looks a lot like they were having their hands tied behind their backs by Russia. If that persists, it won’t end well for the mullahs
🔻 WS: I remain firmly persuaded that the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) is the preeminent locus of power in Iran.

In Persian, the corps’ official name is:

سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی

Literally: Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Its aegis and purview are separate and distinct from that of the Iranian Army.

And to the extent one fails to consider this reality in its proper light, one is bound to misapprehend Iran’s likely actions in any scenario that, in the IRGC’s view, threatens the integrity of the Islamic Republic.

Furthermore, in terms of conventional strike power, the Israelis are largely impotent against Iran. The Iranians can hit Israel back MUCH harder than Israel can hit them.
🔻 C8: Do you reckon Russia already began the preparative work and investigation on how to amplify Irans AD a lot further back, as in several years before they started to move equipment and crew more recently?

Russia, China and Iran are in it together, and have been for some time.
🔻 WS: Yes.

⭕ The “democracies of Western Europe”. 🤣

Robin Brooks has become one of the silliest clowns in the think tank circus tent.

Russia, China, Iran, and many others are now in open defiance of the empire — and there is nothing the imperial suzerains can do about it.
🔻 Warwick Powell | 鲍韶山: Three years of coloured charts & bloviating simply confirm that the rest of the world has moved on. The Potemkin Empire has no universal moral suasion & it doesn’t have the means to boss the world around. It often can’t boss its own subjects.
🔻 WS: 🧵 Open Defiance
🔻 C2: His posts divert so far from reality I wonder what world he lives in….
🔻 C3: They pushed those countries into deeper cooperation, and now can only complain, since they can’t do anything about it.
🔻 What goes around comes around… !: Robin Bro is a spreadsheets boy… he has no fkin clue what he’s talking about…
⭕🔻 Filippo Neri: The Project 09851 class SSDN “Khabarovsk” is a nuclear submarine armed with six Poseidon intercontinental nuclear-powered nuclear-armed autonomous torpedos.
(D means drone?)
🔻 WS: An autonomous unlimited-range stealthy torpedo purportedly packing a 100 megaton thermonuclear warhead — twice the yield of the Tsar Bomba.

But yeah, let’s keep launching missile strikes into Russia. 🤦‍♂️
🔻 Filippo Neri: The Tsar Bomba was tested at a reduced yield. 100+ MT was perfectly possible in 1961.
🔻 C2: Isn’t that overkill for a ship killer?
🔻 WS: It’s designed to be a port killer; a destroyer of coastal cities.
🔻 C3: This one
🔻 C4: It’s essentially, IMHO, a Russian mega-M.A.D. “Doomsday Device.”

“Launch your nukes at Russia, and no matter what else happens, we will erase your coastlines from Boston to Miami and Seattle to San Diego. So don’t.”
🔻 C5: Sure… but could it have put out the LA fires?
⭕ 🔻 Brandon: Lit the world on fire for the last four years but you can croon! |media|
🔻 WS: He’s a crappy guitar player and an even crappier singer. He would be refused a slot at a coffee-shop open mic night.
⭕🔻 MT Anderson: For those interested, here is a view of the different area of operations since CVN-75 transited the Suez Canal SB on 15 December 2024
🔻 WS: 🤦‍♂️ How embarrassing for you to have conveniently omitted the USS Trembling Puppy’s position on the 12th and 13th of January, when they were hiding out at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez.

I’ve posted your own report in the reply to this post.
🔻 WS: reposts:
🐶 Tail Between Its Legs

Looks like CSG-8 (USS Trembling Puppy) got its fill of dodging Yemeni missiles, and is headed back to calmer waters, leaving one of its F/A-18s at the bottom of the Red Sea.

As they say, “The secret to a long life is knowing when it’s time to go.”

⭕🔻 Brandon: Hearing reports from sources about a CREDIBLE Islamist threat to @realDonaldTrump being the reason for the cancellation of outdoor swearing in on Inauguration Day and the President-Elect’s arrival tonight at Dulles in darkness. Stay frosty!
🔻 WS: 🤦‍♂️
“Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.”

― Euripides
🔻 Brandon: In this case, though, it certainly explains many things. I’ve worked in gov during inaugurations. Was part of the Obama era ones (sadly). This is strange. It’s not just the weather.
🔻 WS: I don’t dispute the possibility that SOMEONE would still like to prevent Trump from assuming the throne — but I would say the highest likelihood is an attempt originating endogenously, not exogenously.
🔻 Brandon: Totally fair point. And it’s something I’ve raised. I’m just sharing what I’m hearing from my peeps. And, btw, both might be true. “Deep State” is going to leave gaps in the security to allow for the kooks from Afghanistan to do their thing. One hand washes the other. Plausible deniability. Etc.
[will we see a second [persian] “Sirhan Sirhan” moment??]

💠 “US deploys upgraded nuclear weapons in Europe“ — The new B61-12 gravity bombs are “fully forward deployed.” .. previous B61 variants have been stored in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Türkiye under NATO’s nuclear sharing program.
☝️Not as worrying as sounds. More psyops to cover profound impotence. They need to be deployed by flying coffins near the target zone. Good luck coming within hundreds of kms of the border of the civilizational-states and surviving. The ATACMS appear to have more risk than these needing delivery by outdated and overmatched manned platforms

💠@Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:
⭕ The official spokesperson for Ansar Allah in Yemen, Mohammed Abdulsalam, expressed his deep appreciation for the legendary and historical steadfastness of Gaza in the face of the most severe and brutal Israeli aggression targeting the oppressed Palestinian people.

He commended, along with all the free people of the world, the significant sacrifices made by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, which included the martyrdom of several of its prominent leaders, including Martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh and Martyr Commander Yahya Sinwar, among others. These sacrifices did not weaken the resistance; rather, it continued with strength and valor to confront the enemy until it compelled them to accept a ceasefire.

He extended greetings to the support fronts, particularly the Islamic resistance front in Lebanon, which performed admirably in combat and sacrifice, offering their utmost for the sake of Gaza, Palestine, and Jerusalem, culminating in the sacrifices led by the martyr of Islam and humanity, the great leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (may Allah’s peace be upon him).

Abdulsalam also praised the Islamic resistance in Iraq for its prominent and effective role in the support battle.

In Yemen, he expressed gratitude to Allah for enabling the Yemeni people and their armed forces to shoulder this responsibility by supporting Gaza through weekly million-strong demonstrations and effective military operations from the onset of the crisis until the declaration of the ceasefire in Gaza.

Despite the ongoing blockade on Yemen and the suffering of its people from the wounds inflicted by years of past aggression and difficult economic conditions, this did not deter their determination but instead served as a motivation to rise to the responsibility of supporting Gaza, a duty that is both religious and humanitarian, for which the entire Ummah will be held accountable.

He emphasized that Yemen’s entry into the battle to support Gaza was not out of excess power or a show of strength, but rather from a difficult reality. The Israeli violation of Gaza left no room for the Yemeni people, deeply imbued with faith, to refrain from participating and supporting their duty towards a wronged people facing genocide before the eyes and ears of the entire world.

With the conclusion of this battle marked by the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, he reiterated that the Palestinian cause remains the foremost issue that the Ummah must address, considering the Zionist entity a danger to all. Its continued occupation of Palestine represents a threat to the security and stability of the region, and there will be no genuine peace enjoyed by the region until this illegitimate entity, which has been forcefully implanted with Western American support at the expense of the Palestinian people and the peoples of the region, is eliminated.
⭕ The Republic of Yemen congratulates the Palestinian people and their fighters on the honorable agreement.
⭕ The Supreme Political Council:

• The agreement is a victory for Palestine and the fighters of the resistance factions, foremost among them Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who led the “Flood of Al-Aqsa” battle.
• The fighters in Palestine have proven to the world over the past 15 months that it is possible to defeat the enemy’s army despite American and Western support.
• The steadfastness of the Palestinian resistance fighters, despite the great sacrifices made by the Palestinian people and the leaders of the resistance, has achieved this victorious triumph.
• The victory over the Zionist enemy has shattered all the declared objectives of the entity led by the criminal Netanyahu.
• The criminal Netanyahu is dragging his tail in defeat on all fronts, and the thousands of massacres he committed against the Palestinian people have not helped him.
• We extend our condolences to the families of the martyrs in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran who fell on the path to Jerusalem.
• We congratulate the soon-to-be-released prisoners and their families, by God’s grace and with the sacrifices and steadfastness of the heroic fighters.
• We reaffirm the steadfast position of the Republic of Yemen in supporting and backing the Palestinian people and their resistance in all forms of support until the liberation of Palestine.
• We commend the role of the Yemeni armed forces and the great Yemeni people who continuously support and back Palestine.

⭕ The Yemeni Armed Forces renew their warning to hostile forces in the Red Sea regarding the consequences of any aggression against Yemen during the ceasefire period in Gaza. They stated that they will confront any aggression with qualitative military operations against those forces without any limits or red lines.

💠@Eyes on South:
⭕ For history books.
The Palestinian people of Gaza and their Resistance did not surrender to genocide.
⭕ [Hamas military spoxman] Abu Obeida:

A special salute to our brothers in Yemeni Ansar Allah and our comrades and brothers in arms in Hezbollah who paid a heavy price in our battle.

We salute our brothers in Iran for their constant and continuous support and involvement in this historic battle.

We salute the free Iraqi resistance and the Jordanian resistance fighters who participated in the battle.

💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 📹 Egyptian media publish footage of several trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering Gaza from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing |media|
⭕ 📹 🇵🇸 Thousands of Palestinians are returning from Gaza City to the remains of Jabalia refugee camp as the ceasefire takes effect |media|
⭕ 🇵🇸 Ceasefire in Gaza: long awaited Humanitarian aid arrives in the enclave

Here is the material that arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday:

🔴260 trucks with humanitarian aid;
🔴12 trucks with fuel;
🔴4 trucks with gas |media|
[it may be limited to less than the required minimum of 600 trucks per day as the “ceasefire” took effect only about ten hours ago. And limited to only the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. So a good start so far]

Hi crone, I use either of these mirrors of Twitter (X) for those who lack the account:

• https://xcancel.com/
• and https://nitter.poast.org/

Here are some YT videos of celebrations in Gaza. The joy is visible, and throughout the regional Resistance, and among us worldwide. A great victory

💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are already operating outside Pokrovsk – in the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
⭕ 🇷🇺🇺🇦Significant movements are reported in the northern part of Chasov Yar.

Our troops are also fighting for a block of multi-story buildings next to a fireproof plant. There is also progress in the forest area near the city, where the enemy’s defenses have also been pushed back a little.

It is too early to talk about a complete collapse of the enemy’s defense, but in recent weeks there has been noticeable progress in the city. The liberation of Chasov Yar will be a harbinger of the battles for the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ WATCH: Scenes from Gaza since this morning. |media|
[Keep scrolling down…]
⭕ — 🇵🇸 WATCH: Hamas convoys continue to move openly through the streets of Gaza, after the ceasefire has come into effect
⭕ — 🇵🇸 WATCH: Al-Qassam convoys roam openly in Gaza – Hamas is alive and well
⭕ Commentator for Israel’s Channel 14: ‘The images and footage coming from Gaza, showing Hamas terrorists freely roaming around on trucks just like on October 7th, are truly horrifying and traumatizing’
⭕ Hebrew Channel 11: ‘As we celebrate this hostage deal, we are confronted with the sickening images of hundreds of Hamas terrorists freely roaming the streets, after more than 15 months of war’
⭕ ⁉️ “What have we been doing for a year and a half?”

— Commentator on Israeli Channel 12

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇺🇸 USAians are so dramatic

💠 @Hamas/Tsahal:
⭕ Hamas police are reappearing on the streets of Gaza and Palestinians are returning to their homes in some northern towns, with the Israeli army having recently withdrawn from areas it occupied in Jabalia or Beit Hanoun.
⭕ The “Palestinian Resistance” took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate the ceasefire.
⭕ Despite warnings from Israeli authorities asking Palestinians not to gather in the West Bank to receive prisoners expected to be released under the deal, protests are taking place in several areas of the West Bank.  |media|
[What a vile people. They try to deny others celebrations! Imagine that  – so vindictive, they threaten women, children and civilians reprisals for celebrating! Both to lessen bile in their own side and the media optics around the world. This abomination won’t last long]
⭕ The Lebanese army announced the deployment of its units in the towns of Ain Ebel, Debel and Rmeish in the western sector of the border after the withdrawal of the “Israeli enemy”.
[I don’t think the cowards will dare re-enter Lebanon either. They’re toast in both Gaza and Lebanon, sans periodic aerial aggression.]
⭕ Mike Huckabee, the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, on the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations:

Fox News host Kilmeade:

“Do you think a two-state solution is the future?”

Huckabee:
“No. We have to acknowledge that there was a Palestinian state. It was called Gaza. Look at how that happened.”
[There was a dream called the USA… it’s degenerated into a zionazi basement gimp, living out its ephemeral hegemony in the spotlight, like an overlarge cockroach thrust out of the rock cover, drugged in disorder and high delusion]

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ Benjamin Netanyahu, with an ICC warrant for his arrest as a war criminal, was considered a corrupt politician before 7 October 2023.

Today he is a defeated corrupt politician.
⭕ The Middle East is a magical place and its people (except the Zionists) are special: Despite the tens of thousands killed and wounded and homes destroyed, a post-ceasefire image of the resistance in full force brought joy and euphoria of victory to their hearts.
⭕ It is rewarding to see the smiles of Palestinians after 471 days. It must be very painful for Israelis to see such extraordinary resilience and joy. It must hurt Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an ICC warrant out for his arrest for war crimes against the Palestinians, who has failed on all fronts.
⭕ Every Palestinian prisoner freed will forever owe their freedom to the resistance, a poignant reminder of the bloodshed and sacrifices made to secure their release.
⭕ retweet:
Thousands of Palestinian female prisoners and young detainees are being released as part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

These are the hostages that have been ignored by Western journalists.  |media|
⭕ Palestinians in Gaza should leave plenty of evidence for the mainstream media journalists when they are allowed to enter the Strip to join the already existing reports on Israel’s crimes against humanity and war crimes.

💠 @imetatronink:
⭕ cont. thread:
An autonomous unlimited-range stealthy torpedo purportedly packing a 100 megaton thermonuclear warhead — twice the yield of the Tsar Bomba.

But yeah, let’s keep launching missile strikes into Russia. 🤦‍♂️
🔻 C1: Should we always give into a bully? Not sure the point of having security if we just let the bully do whatever they want to whomever they want.
🔻 WS: This is precisely the argument Russia, China, Iran et al. have been making for several years.
⭕ retweet:
🔻 C1: AFTER ships were seized and sailors detained; AFTER the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force launched an AI-assisted reaction system to “track potential threats”; AFTER NATO strengthened its Baltic Sea presence…

…we learn that the supposed Russian sabotage was an accident.
🔻 Daniel McAdams: But the propaganda already achieved its intended purpose. That’s how the game works
⭕🔻 C1: The F-4 Phantom of Vietnam War may have been nicknamed “the world’s largest distributor of MiG parts,” but it was the nimble F-86 Sabre that killed more MiGs than any other fighter. During the Korean War, USAF F-86s racked up 792 MiG-15 kills in aerial combat. In fact, in the final seven months of the war, Sabres achieved an incredible kill to loss ratio of 17-to-1 against the MiGs! Pound for pound, the North American jet was one of the best dogfighters of its generation.
🔻 WS: 17 – 1?

No serious historian believes such nonsense.

Did the F-86 perform well against the MiG-15? Sure. Especially when the F-86s in a dogfight outnumbered the MiGs 6 to 2, or even more.

The F-86 was an excellent aircraft. So was the MiG-15. One on one, it was a close match.
[It’s part of the coping Will. When they face what they face worldwide, it is back to the yellow bricks of memory lane]

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ — 🇺🇸 President god-Emperor Trump: ‘Today I will sign a large series of executive orders, which I call ‘the Revolution of Common Sense’:

– Firstly, I will declare a National Emergency at our Southern Border. All illegal entry will be immediately halted, and we will begin the deportation process of millions of aliens, and reinstate our ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.

– I will send American soldiers to our Southern border, to defend ourselves from the invasion. And

– I will designate the Cartels as foreign terrorist organisations.
[Get ready, Mexico!! The Orange Deluge cometh. And he’s goin nuts with Imperial “Executive Orders”]

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ — 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian MP, Mahmoud Kouchekzadeh: ‘On behalf of the Iranian parliament, I congratulate the American people with the inauguration of the current clown and the departure of the former clown’

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇵🇸 📹 Thousands of Palestinians are returning home across the Gaza Strip

Sputnik spoke with people who are walking in their native city of Rafah. In cars, carts, bicycles and on foot, all the roads are filled with people.

🗣 “I want to find a house, get some sleep, take a rest from the explosions, the strikes, and the difficulties. Sleep is a gift when you know what has happened over the past year and longer,” Rafah resident Samir al Nahhal told Sputnik. |media|
⭕ Really Mr. President? Trump claims US won WWII

Americans “won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism,” Donald Trump said during his inaugural address.

No offense, Donald, but that’s not the case. The Soviet Army inflicted the 80% of the German Wehrmacht’s casualties. But don’t take our word for it:

“Let’s be blunt: the German army lost World War II on the Eastern Front. For most of the war, 75-80 percent of the Wehrmacht had to be deployed in the East, a preponderance dictated by the sheer size of the front, and 80 percent of German war dead perished there: about four million of the five million German soldiers killed in World War II,” says the official website of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. |media|
[Well maybe Smoothie got his wish and Macgregor IS advising the Orangeman. Careful what u wish for. Or greased monkey minions with the same risible narrative have the god-Emperor’s Ear]  
⭕ 📹🇮🇷 Large-scale military exercises are taking place in Iran |media|

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an ICC warrant for his war crimes, has two options:

1. Sabotage part 2 of the ceasefire and anger President Donald Trump.
2. Proceed with part 2, anger Bezalel Smotrich who resigns, pass on the opposition’s promise of support, lead a resigned government for another 6 months and then face a commission of inquiry for his failure.

[well Trump, in classic faux-disinterested fashion, has already wiped his dainty hands off the matter..]
⭕ retweet:
Exclusive to @sahatenglish. Footage of a Palestinian minor freed from Israeli prisons. #Gazaceasefire |media|
[children used as hostages by nazis in both theatres. A shocking video in 404 showed an armored vehicle about to get droned with the passengers rushing out at last minute. One of the UkroNazis openly held a Russian child in front of him…. ZioNazis similarly hold arab children as hostages – I think half the reason is to prevent their gulags being bombed and stormed!]
⭕ This is important:

From day one, President Trump has distanced himself from the Israeli-Palestinian war. Palestinians had better prepare to lower their expectations. The phrase ‘it’s not our war’ is incompatible with ‘I want peace’. |media|
⭕ President Donald Trump signed roughly 200 executive actions, memoranda and proclamations on his first day in office, undoing Biden administration mandates and implementing his “America first” policies. |media|
⭕ Will @ABlinken be missed?

Marco Rubio unanimously confirmed as secretary of State, becoming Trump’s first Cabinet official
[Amb. Chas Freeman said in recent interview that if anyone can out do Biden in unpredictable madness, it will be Trump. Perhaps the same will be said of the Little Narco — Lil’ Blinkie duo]

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ ‼️ American Exceptionalist Delusions Run Amok

Gritting my teeth the entire time, I started watching former CIA Russia analyst George Beebe’s recent interview on the @TheDuranReal. I was unable to finish it, and instead made myself read through Beebe’s January 13th commentary at @RStatecraft. (responsiblestatecraft.org/tr…)

I will not mince words: In my estimation, Beebe is a woefully deficient observer and analyst of those things about which he is purported to be an expert.

He clearly does not closely follow what is said by the most important voices in Russian leadership: Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Dmitry Medvedev, and others. Or, if he does follow these voices, he is somehow incapable of correctly interpreting the meaning of what they say.

While not nearly as pestiferous, in many ways Beebe is not all that dissimilar to the infamous imbecile Michael McFaul, who briefly served as ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration.

But I will refrain from a full-blown excoriation of Beebe’s previously uttered delusions in relation to Russia, and focus my rhetorical wrath on the excerpt posted below.

Beebe sets forth the demonstrably fallacious argument that:

“… even capturing all of Ukraine would not resolve Russia’s larger security problems with NATO. The Kremlin would still have to contend with a 32-member NATO alliance whose military and economic might far exceeds that of Russia.”

This, of course, is widely recognized as pure silliness here at the start of 2025. As even Mark Rutte (newly installed Secretary General of NATO) has recently acknowledged, Russia is outproducing by several multiples the combined military output of the entire NATO bloc.

The Russian military has, with one hand tied behind its back, methodically destroyed the AFU + NATO military force arrayed against it in Ukraine; simultaneously exposed the near total demilitarization of the European NATO countries, and concurrently attrited a significant portion of American military capacity and munitions stockpiles.

Beebe continues:

“In particular, Russia will soon face U.S. intermediate-range missiles in Germany for the first time since the 1980s, for which it has no effective countermeasures.”

This is unmitigated nonsense. The US not only lacks a proven and credible “intermediate-range missile” to menace Russia from Germany, but Russian missile defense has incontrovertibly demonstrated its effectiveness against the best missile systems NATO has deployed in Ukraine. The ATACMS and Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles have both proven to be utterly inefficacious from the very beginning of their use against Russian targets — and over the past few months, they are being defeated at a ratio exceeding 95%.

Furthermore, all American missile installations in Poland, Romania, and Germany are well within the range of Russian strikes against which the US/NATO, by their own admission, have no effective countermeasures.

Beebe is lost in a hallucinogenic haze of American exceptionalist fantasies.

Russia’s objectives have been clearly stated since they submitted to the NATO countries (in December 2021) their proposed draft treaty for European security, wherein they explicitly demanded that NATO military presence must be withdrawn to its 1997 borders.

These Russian demands were laughed to scorn by the Americans and their European vassals back in December 2021, but they have been repeatedly and consistently restated ever since, and there is no reason whatsoever to believe Russia — now in a greatly enhanced position of strength — will compromise when it comes to these demands as a prerequisite to a comprehensive and enduring European security architecture.
🔻 Aristophanes: I agree with your assessment if we remain within conventional warfare. How does the possibility of nuclear-armed missile attacks change the equation though, in your opinion?
🔻 WS: I don’t believe the US is suicidal.
📜 To Nuke or Not to Nuke?
[appearances are deceiving at end-stages of Empires. And doubly so for End Times. It ain’t exactly suicidality, but unpredictable all-consuming madness and resort to delusion for coping that greases all paths — to the same practical effect]
🔻 C2: I agree that deliberate suicide is probably not on any great power’s mind. My fear is that hubris or miscalculation might lead one or more jumpy parties to an accident. I still think “Dr Strangelove” should be compulsory viewing for anyone seeking power in a nuclear state.
🔻 Filippo Neri: The US doesn’t have intermediate-range missiles to deploy at the moment.

Also, Russia could deploy its own intermediate-range missiles, even nuclear-armed ones. America has no nuclear warheads for any future tactical missile and has no ability to build them, unlike Russia, which has them and could build a thousand more every year.
🔻 Warwick Powell | 鲍韶山: I too read the piece and found it entirely fanciful, detached from realities & ultimately not particularly useful as a contribution to framing an approach that may contribute to a peaceful resolution. The interview – it’s been on my radar but I haven’t got to it yet.
🔻 C5: Extremely glad for your detailed analysis. Thank you. Broke off the interview after 10 minutes. Couldn’t finish but felt something you put in words here. The US citizens are not well served by such analysts. You, Warlord, Big Serge, & others are doing a better job than that guy.
⭕ 🤡🌎 USAF Clown Car Crash

Edwards Air Force Base is one of the most important military installations in the United States.

This recent presentation to base personnel was painful to watch.

PLA personnel watch it on comedy movie night. |media|
🔻 C1: Can’t watch this to the end.
This is management coaching crap applied to war planing.
Sometime you wonder how US airplanes still succeed to take off.
⭕🤦‍♂️ This was one of the most comically painful segments of Gen. Wickert’s presentation.

There are currently THREE B-21 prototypes being tested at EAFB, and a single combat-capable squadron won’t exist until AT LEAST 2030, by which time it will likely have been rendered obsolete. |media|
🔻 C1: The most ‘tarded thing I heard was that it is supposed to deliver standoff strikes. Like what ? Any other bomber can do that for a fraction of the cost if it is going to be standoff anyways.
🔻 WS: The B-21, compared to the near-useless B-2, is slower, has less range, and less than half the weapons payload — with a price tag of ~$1 billion each.

IMO, none of the US “stealth” platforms (B-2, F-35, B-21, F-22) have a credible mission against a peer adversary.
🔻 C2: All visible to long wave radar.
🔻 C1: What I was meaning is that the use-case that it seems to be designed for is literally the same of a B-52. And those are leagues cheaper.
And yah, the current stealth planes only work on 70s era radars so lol.
🔻 C2: It’s fantastical and magical thinking.

UAVs and missiles are quickly making ALL manned combat aircraft obsolete.

The BRICS countries are cutting edge in unmanned modalities; the real wild card will be the arms race to build conventional tipped ICBMs and IRBMs in quantity in addition to fleets of Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) glide vehicles.

There is no defense against them once they tip at apogee and off-load the munitions singly or MIRV’d.

ICBMs and IRBMs have been hypersonic since the 1950s.

Fire all the flag officers; they have stood by while the DoD spent trillions on becoming a shabby and arthritic 20th century force not fit to purpose to fight near peer and peer fights in the 21st century.
🔻 C3: The “…we cannot afford…” stuck with me.
🔻 C4: Didn’t the Chinese show a system to detect stealth aircraft with satellites and AI ?
🔻 WS: Long-range detection of “stealth” aircraft is rudimentary. Russia, China, and Iran can all do it. Targeting them is the trick. Russia and China can almost certainly target and kill them if they come within range. Iran is rapidly increasing their reach against stealth platforms.
🔻 C5: The only country really ready for war right now is Russia, whether you like it or not.
⭕ 🐔 I sure hope my chickens appreciate the things I do for them. I put down a new thick layer of bedding in the hen house; fixed the door to seal properly, and rigged up old horse blankets to better insulate the roof and sides.

Low tonight: -18 C, with 40 kph north winds. 🥶
🔻 C1: Damn that’s cold 😳
[note Will uses the more commonly understood and civilized metric system with distances and temps..]
🔻 WS: -25 C nights are a fairly common winter occurrence here. I’ve seen it get down to -30 C a few times over the years.
chicken sweaters🔻 C2:
🔻 WS: They would do better without the sweaters. Why? Because they puff out their feathers; make themselves about twice their normal size. In effect they put a high-loft down-filled parka around themselves.
🔻 C2: Maybe some socks? |media|
[are we becoming UNFIT?]
🔻 C3: Which breed? I’ve been tempted to try Bresse Gauloise, but am unsure how they’d take to the Norwegian climate, which sounds close to what you’re in.
🔻 WS: Gingers and Blondies.
🔻 C4: might as well move to Russia
😁
🔻 WS: Saint Petersburg is 60° N, but at sea level.

Cedar City is 37° N, but at 5800′ altitude.

Hours of daylight at winter solstice:

Saint Petersburg: 05:53
Cedar City: 09:33

Hours of daylight at winter solstice seals the deal.
[no thx. BOTH are ungodly to Africans]
🔻 C5: Thank you for using ℃ and Kph.
🔻 C6: In my experience chickens are unappreciative.
[any more than humans?!]
🔻 C7: That’s chillier than DC’s 20 degrees 🥶🥶—where the big chickens all huddled inside today
🔻 C8: why don’t you take them inside your home like we do in Sweden.
⭕ 🤔 After having weighed in the balance all the things said and done today, the gauge on my personal scale reads: DISQUIETING.
🔻 James: Well, when Trump talked about new territories, he didn’t say on planet Earth.
🔻 C2: Look askance and with a jaundiced eye is the wise choice.
🔻 C3: This empire is circling the drain of history at an accelerating pace. Vacillating between Nero and Caligula while the Praetorian Guard actually pulls the stings. Something wicked this way comes. The only question is timing.
🔻 C4: Panama isn’t going to give Afghanistan or Iraq level resistance
⭕ retweet:
🔻 Caitlin Johnstone: The only thing I like about Trump is that he often says the quiet part out loud and rips the mask off the empire. Saying the US will once again become a nation which “expands our territory” and pursue its “manifest destiny” during his inaugural address is a good example of this.
🔻 C1: It sounds remarkable until you realize he’s talking about Greenland.
🔻 Caitlin Johnstone: I think it’s adorable that you believe that.
🔻 C2: I can’t believe he actually referenced “manifest destiny,” but hey! Let’s all a spade a damn shovel!
🔻 Revolutionary Blackout Network: He’s manufacturing consent
🔻 C4: “our sovereignty will be reclaimed”? so hes gonna do something about a certain ugly psychopathic ME “nation” now?
🔻 WS: Tra dire e fare c’è mezzo un mare. Ora più che mai.
🔻 Johnny Palomba: Oh yes, although the actual expression is:

Tra il dire e il fare c’è di mezzo il mare.
🔻 WS: Nella Sicilia, questo detto è pronunciato proprio come l’ho fatto io. E l’ho imparato proprio così.
⭕ Cum Romae salutant ut Romanus. |media|
🔻 C1: Atque, videtur autem quia domina prima ministra Romae illum diliget. 😁
🔻 WS: aurum fodiens
🔻 C1: Ita verisimiliter.
🔻 C2: Ex corde meo ad cor tuum est gestus universalis. Idiotae etiam universales sunt.
🔻 WS: Mike Lee:

“Regem non habemus nisi Caesarem.”

⭕🔻 Glenn Diesen: How will Russia respond?
– The international system is defined by security competition. If NATO enhances its security in the Baltic Sea by threatening Russia’s access to the Baltic Sea, then Russia will respond in a manner that enhances Russian security and diminishes NATO’s security. We never discuss Russia’s right to defend itself as this is attacked as treason
– The challenge under security competition is to enhance one’s own security without undermining the security of the counterpart. Yet, how can we possibly enhance our security if we are not allowed to even discuss Russian security concerns? This should be obvious, we have banned common sense with the use of smears and censorship
🔻 WS: How will Russia respond?

They will continue to transit the Baltic at will.

They will call the bluff.
🔻 C2: The decline of the Alliance becomes more and more visible – day after day.
🔻 C3: How is this even a question? NATO avoided going to war with Russia for 3 years, and now they will sink a Russian warship just because they can?

People would do well to remember that a Russian aircraft carrier crossed the English channel on its way to Syria, some odd years ago.
🔻 C4: If any NATO country fires on the Russian Navy in agreed international transit lanes, it has no article 5 protection. So unless NATO has ALREADY decided to start a war I can’t see which NATO country would want to break international law by doing that first…

Finding lunatics like Ukies and other proxies for Rules-based Terrorism, Inc. is gonna be a challenge in the near future…

We shall be entertained. Breads & Circuses returns to the Oval Office.

💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:  
⭕ [Yemen’s Ansarullah leader Syed Al Houthi:]
We are  monitoring the stages of the implementation of the agreement, and we are ready to escalate at any stage when the Israeli enemy returns to escalation and reneges on the agreement
⭕As we said to our brothers in Palestine at the beginning of the events, we tell them again: you are not alone and you will not be alone, Allah is with you, and we are with you until the victory by liberating Palestine, all of Palestine, and restoring the holy places

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ ❗️China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Putin held a video call, China Central Television reports.
[Yeah – Will wasn’t the only one disquieted. The SHTF, as if with stimulant-fueled frenzy, on Day #1 of the Second Coming of the Orange Camacho. Note Russia’s Security Council met yesterday as well..]
⭕ 🇧🇾💬🇺🇸 President Lukashenko did not like Trump’s inauguration and his statements.

To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with Joe Biden, the previous president. But I looked at him, and he looked better than Trump himself.

The Belarusian leader reproached the new US president for “defaming the poor old man” in his speech.

You can’t offend or insult those who were before you. If they did something bad, correct those mistakes. People will see it and say thank you.

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ Sheikh Muhammad Hammadi, Hezbollah’s official in the western Bekaa, was assassinated by an unknown gunman in his town of Mashghara, Lebanon.
⭕️ The Israeli occupation forces are attacking Jenin camp in the West Bank, killing 6 Palestinians and wounding 35. Israel moves from calming down one front to fuelling another
⭕ Several high ranking officers are expected to resign: Israel’s Chief of Staff, Hertzi Halevi, informed DOD Minister Israel Katz of his decision to retire on 6 March’ in recognition of his responsibility for the failure of 7 October’.

The only person who has so far failed to acknowledge his failure is Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an ICC warrant for his arrest for war crimes.
[So what if they resign “to admit failure.” As with other war criminals like USA’s Milley, what are the earthly consequences??]
⭕ Israel has begun construction of a military base outside Madinat al-Salam in Quneitra [Syria]. The construction of a military base in the UN-supervised buffer zone violates the 1974 ceasefire agreement, which stipulates that the area is to be controlled only by UN forces.

The UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has said that the Israeli military presence in the zone is a violation of the agreement.

Syrian security officers and Israeli occupation forces convoy in the centre of Quneitra governorate.
⭕ Israel will not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by midnight on Sunday the 26, coinciding with the expiration of the 60-day ceasefire. This decision effectively grants Hezbollah the right to remain south of the Litani River and to launch attacks against Israeli occupation forces stationed on and therefore occupying Lebanese soil beginning Monday, the 27th.

Over the past 60 days, Israel has violated the ceasefire over 1000 times and was/still is engaged in a series of actions seemingly designed to provoke Hezbollah into retaliation. These calculated provocations appear to have been aimed at creating a pretext for Israel to resume bombing campaigns across various parts of Lebanon.

However, Hezbollah has exercised restraint, carefully avoiding any response that could justify renewed Israeli aggression. This measured approach underscores Hezbollah’s strategic decision to deny Israel the opportunity to escalate hostilities under the guise of self-defence.
⭕ President Donald Trump said he was going to end all wars. But to make up for his failure in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, with an ICC warrant for his arrest for war crimes, starts a new one in the West Bank, killing at least 10 Palestinians.

So what will Trump do?
[Eat a Big Mac with fuzzy diet Coke and change the subject. When have the liars kept campaign promises?¿]
⭕ Selected US ambassador to the UN @RepStefanik agrees with Ben Gvir & Smotrich that Israel has ‘a biblical right to the entire West Bank’. Don’t expect this admin to stop Benjamin Netanyahu, an ICC fugitive accused of war crimes, from waging war on the West Bank.   |story|
⭕ retweet:
Marco Rubio, who is now the Secretary of State, saw right to the heart of the matter when he was a senator:

– Today Brazil, which is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere south of the United States… So it signed a deal with China, according to which they will henceforth trade in their own currencies. Bypassing the dollar. They are creating a duplicate system of the world economy, completely independent of the American one. At this rate, in 5 years we will not be able to even mention sanctions, because there will be too many countries trading in currencies other than dollars, and we will no longer be able to impose sanctions on them.   |media|

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-cancels-sanctions-far-right-israeli-settlers-occupied-west-bank-2025-01-21/

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇧🇴🇺🇸🇨🇺 Bolivia calls on international community to condemn Trump’s decision on Cuba

Former US President Joe Biden decided to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which the country had been on since 2021, at the end of his term. US President Donald Trump reversed on Tuesday his predecessor’s decision.

💬 “We call on the international community to condemn these sanctions and promote relations based on mutual respect,” Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa said on X.

This measure is “an act of hostility that not only affects the Cuban people, but also violates the principles of respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of states, enshrined in the UN Charter,” the minister added.
⭕ 🇨🇺 Adding Cuba to list of sponsors of terrorism again not fight against terrorism, Moscow says

Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump re-designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing a recent decision by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

💬 “It is quite clear that this is not really about fighting terrorism. The previous US administration said there was no evidence of Cuba’s support for international terrorism. And that remains an undeniable fact. We think it is necessary to reiterate it: Cuba has an impeccable, exemplary reputation as an active participant in international cooperation in the fight against terrorism,” Zakharova said in a statement.

Russia will continue to provide the necessary support to Cuba in defending state sovereignty and upholding the demands for an immediate and complete end to the illegal and inhumane economic, commercial, and financial blockade of the island by the United States, as well as the exclusion of Havana from the list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.

💠 @kuluary_zaliva (В кулуарах Залива):
⭕ Saudi Arabia has not given up on the idea of ​​joining BRICS

Riyadh has not made a final decision on joining BRICS and is still evaluating the invitation to join the group , the kingdom’s Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal al-Ibrahim said.

“We were invited to join BRICS in the same way as we were invited to participate in other multilateral platforms in the past. We always carefully evaluate all aspects before making a decision. We are now in the middle of this process,” the minister said. At the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Saudi Arabia was represented as an invited state.

Saudi officials have repeatedly said the kingdom has not made a final decision on membership in the alliance . The leading oil exporter joining BRICS would bring together energy producers with major consumers, giving the group greater economic clout.

💠 @Fotros Resistance:
⭕️🛑| JUST IN: A stabbing operation in Tel Aviv left 3 Israeli settlers injured, while the attacker was shot dead.
⭕️ — UPDATE: The attacker who carried out the stabbing operation in Tel Aviv, was an American national, Abdelaziz Kaddi, 29, originally a Moroccan, with a US permanent resident card.

Kaddi entered occupied Palestine on January 18 with a tourist visa.

💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:
⭕ 🔴 For a Moroccan to carry out an operation in Tel Aviv while holding an American residency, and with his country having signed a “normalization agreement,” indicates that “Israel” will not be perceived as a “normal state” by the peoples of the region.

Israeli security authorities will view this event with suspicion, especially since it is not the first of its kind. A Turkish man previously carried out an operation in Jerusalem during the Al-Aqsa Flood battle.

“Israel” will see that anyone coming from a “normalizing” country could potentially be a “freedom fighter.”

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Trump’s freeze on foreign aid for 90 days will not include aid to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, also known as the ‘Jewish Crescent’

⭕️🇺🇸🇮🇷| Al-Monitor: Trump signals he’s fed up with the Iran hawks

Mike Dimino, an advocate of military restraint, was sworn-in as Pentagon’s new Middle East policy chief.

Trump also fired the notorious Brian Hook & revoked John Bolton’s security clearance. [a different tack to the same ends for the trumpet of the Moshiach..]
⭕ — 🇺🇸 President Trump [at inauguration]: ‘I am a peacemaker.’

I’ve detested this song for so many years! Since I first heard it. However it does appear, spiritually and metaphysically and geopolitically, it REALLY is happening now. For the modern iteration of Harlot Babylon has a physical address. As one falls, so does the other. You can see it — in the frenzied activity of Starmer and Gang, working to detonate Armageddon in the very little time they have left to them. The Passion of the Worst!

These cartoons capture the nature of the BS! He just talks and talks, without much sense, appearing lucid.

Well said. Drumpf in his inauguration rolled out the lineaments of the new Colonial Era. But between proclamation and realization is a vast chasm… And AB Atwan nails the observation that foremost, the internal stability of USA will be affected by the accelerating madness

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ Uncle Sasha is one of the all-time giants of Russian literature.
[links:
🔻 Sony Thang:
🇧🇾ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO:

“I’m ready to support Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize—if he truly becomes a peacemaker.

If you are a peacemaker, then work to ensure there are no wars.

You can do that.

After all, Americans have always started these wars or pushed for them.

If you can do this—well, if you want to be a Nobel laureate—we’ll support you too.

We’ll even present you.

Though, let’s be honest, the Nobel Prize doesn’t mean much anymore.”

Excerpt from remarks by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko during a conversation with employees of the Minsk Automobile Plant, January 21, 2025.

Source: BelTA ]
⭕ 💥 Chain-smoking Artillery Tubes

The article linked below is a specimen of some of the more subtle spin you can occasionally find on the pages of the various military-oriented propaganda mills.

In aggregate, since early 2022, Ukraine received several hundred of the fragile M-777 towed howitzers, of which the overwhelming majority have been destroyed.

We used to see almost daily Russian MoD reports (and lots of video clips) of M-777s getting disassembled by Lancet drones. Not anymore.

It’s obvious there simply aren’t very many of them left. Hundreds have been destroyed since they were introduced on the battlefield. And there are precious few 155 mm artillery rounds left to supply those that remain.

Yes, the M-777, when put into a high-intensity warfare scenario, burns through barrels like a chain-smoking cannoneer draining a pack of Lucky Strikes. Early Ukrainian reports in 2022 talked of barrels wearing out after less than a week of moderate sustained fire.

And yes, there can be no doubt that the US Army was unable to “keep up” with the logistical demands of an industrial scale conflict.

The M-777 replacement barrels are made by a sole-source arsenal whose capacity is apparently such that increasing production by 50% will bring the total up to 30 tubes per month.

But the Pentagon procurement request referenced in the article below is almost certainly NOT intended for Ukraine. It is intended to replenish exhausted US stockpiles.

Because 20th century towed howitzers may be anachronistic in a big-time 21st century war against Russia, but the US may yet find good use for them against insurgent Canadians and Mexican banditos. 😏 |story|
🔻 C1: A wanted poster for some of those Canadian banditos |media|
🔻 C2: That is what happens when you have a corrupt profit driven MIC buidling weapons for wars of choice or “limited war” vs a purpose driven Russian MIC designing weapons for existential total war.
🔻 C3: Forging a gun barrel in Russia |media|
⭕ retweet:
🔻 Armchair Warlord:
19 Dec 2024
Why does the “Davos Regime” and its “Rules-Based International Order” actually exist? Why did a putative world government – and make no mistake, that’s exactly what it is – emerge in the early years of the 21st century?

Let’s talk about it.⬇️

I posted the other day that the story of the colossal sanctions failure and backfire against Russia is a case study in the benefits of forced reshoring. Russia is not some rentier petrostate that needs foreign contractors to keep its lights on, it is a developed country with a highly educated population and vast latent productive capacity. With Western-facing trade largely cut off except for some high-demand commodities, and domestic demand for goods and services higher than ever thanks to the war, those jobs in productive industries that were brain-drained out of Russia to the West in the 1990s simply returned home. People fled the service industries for higher-paying factory work, and rising wages have fueled an economic boom.

The thing is that this domestic growth model, although excellent for the ordinary man on the street, is anathematic to oligarchs. It’s inefficient – one of the first economic theories they teach you is how free trade creates greater net prosperity because of the efficiencies of specialization. Of course they leave a couple things out in Economics 101: (1) sufficiently large countries can actually be “good at everything” and have no real need for foreign trade as all efficient specialization can occur between internal trade nodes; and (2) the real world is not an economic supply-demand chart, the benefits from this complex arrangement will be engineered to flow primarily to the people managing it. Paying for Chinese goods with American banking-sector money is very efficient but only economically benefits a small group of transnational elites. Ergo the “Davos Regime” – this highly rarified group of people meet up every year for the World Economic Forum in the city of Davos, Switzerland.

So where does the Rules-Based International Order enter into it? Well it’s quite simple – you can’t have an economic bloc without some level of shared governance to enforce the bloc rules, and these governance structures tend to grow with time. It’s why the European Coal and Steel Community* dictates the policy of most ostensibly sovereign European countries now. And with the emergence of a planetary economic bloc after the Cold War – generating astronomical wealth to be creamed off by a new generation of oligarchs sophisticated enough to manage its incredible complexity – a putative world government was going to emerge almost as though by the laws of geopolitical gravity.

* now known as the European Union

The “Rules-Based Order” is thus simply the domestic policy of the Davos Regime – an entity that has no foreign policy because it purports to govern mankind and has arrogated to itself a monopoly of legitimate force worldwide. The Davos Regime conducts no real diplomacy and recognizes no other sovereigns, only rebels against its rule.

This monopoly on violence and diplomatic atrophy, by the way, precisely explains the behavior of Western leaders of late. Brutalizing protesters against their rule at home – or bombing their enemies abroad – is legitimate because they are representatives of a global sovereign with a monopoly on legitimate force. Lesser entities not part of the Davos Regime have no such rights, and any use of force on their part is presumed to be criminal in nature and to be punished severely. Similarly, the institutional collapse of Western diplomacy is easily explained by the fact that these diplomats do not view themselves as dealing with coequal sovereigns but rather with lesser, subject entities to be dictated to, and to whom they lack any real reciprocal obligations.

You can see immediately why Russia would drive the Davos Regime absolutely up the wall.
⭕🔻 C1: What’s does the United States need an iron dome for?
🔻 WS: To cover the hole in its head.
⭕🔻 C1: “The Pentagon has fired and suspended everyone who was responsible for Ukraine and aid to it. The US Department of Defense is in a complete reboot”
🔻 WS: “Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.”

― Euripides
⭕🎸 Some Things Never Change

Same old picture in another frame
Same old story just a brand new name
Same old problems
From a different point of view |media|
[well said. Sums up the now ascendant Orange Camacho Gang. Same bilge water in the newly repolished bottle]
⭕ Olaf needs to go back to the coffee-house circuit. The big theater gigs aren’t working out for him.
[reposts tweet from 21.09.2023:
“German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drew a very impressive crowd at the UN.

Germany is racing towards failed-state status.”]
🔻 C1: Invisible men and women
🔻 C2: For all those self-loathing German bros, a weak Germany means a weak EU which means you will have no influence or power in this world. Be careful what you wish for.
🔻 C3: Herr Scholz is just an agent of USA. The world has enough of USA and its endless wars. What’s the meaning to listen to Scholz’s lies?
🔻 C4: He repeats US policy … no need to listen to him.

Just listen to Biden & Blinken 🤷‍♂️
🔻 C5: Oh, was he allowed to say something?

This lunatic will blow up the world. “Putin disrespected Biden” (!!) Not a promising start whatsoever. He was correctly prophesied to be the Last American President.

💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ ❗️Trump called on Russia to end the special military operation, threatening to impose new sanctions and duties on all Russian exports to the US if it does not

Trump also called for an immediate end to the Ukrainian conflict, believing that “it will only get worse.”

Earlier, Russian President Putin said that (https://t.me/sputnik_africa/33942) Moscow is open to dialogue with the new US administration on the Ukrainian conflict, however he stressed that the goal should not be a short-term truce, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all peoples living in this region.
[someone needs to teach Orange some basic math. What was the 1941 USSR population, how far Nazis reached on land, and why 60M is impossible. And secondly, the nature of bluffing and blustering, and how it affects the civilizational-states, or all with a spine]

that’s almost $400 Billion USD debt for Zion! A veritable mill-stone around neck of USUK and combined West, fully on the hook. Carry on lads.

(0:30) As the Man says, “… MANY people will lose their lives as a result of this war.”

With this Treaty being unwound and openly torched by Orange and Gang, who’ll get the pieces of Germany and Italia this time?!

💠“Freemasons eyeing comeback in Syria“ — the organization announces their return after a five-decade ban under the Assad government. 
Why not surprising? Open satanism follows in the wake of the assisted liberation of “Freeum & Demokracy”. You can also ask Russkie and Ottoman of late 19th Century – shortly before both fell due to elite supranational intrigues

💠@Arab_Africa:
⭕ 🇩🇿 In the morning on the deck of the missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov” in the port of the capital of Algeria
[so much for Russkie being evicted from the Mare Nostrum. This is near dead center, with ready access to ports in Libya and Egypt as well]

💠@Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇺🇸Trump signed an executive order to close the southern border of the United States, the White House website reported.

Its crossing on the Mexican side is completely closed.

Meanwhile, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun detaining illegal immigrants across the country for deportation.
⭕ 🇮🇳🇷🇺India expands pool of Russian insurers after US sanctions, Reuters reports.

India has allowed Russian insurance company Soglasie to provide marine insurance to tankers calling at Indian ports, the Indian shipping regulator said on its website.

New Delhi wants stable supplies of cheaper Russian oil despite recent US sanctions.

India has also extended the validity of the permit issued to Russian companies Sogaz Insurance, AlfaStrakhovanie and VSK Insurance by five years until February 2030, according to a notification posted on the website of the Directorate General of Shipping. Soglasie has been allowed to provide insurance coverage for ships calling at Indian ports until February 20, 2026.

India also recognises Russian insurer Ingosstrakh, with approval valid until February 20, 2029. Earlier this month, Washington imposed sanctions on AlfaStrakhovanie and Ingosstrakh, as well as Russian oil companies and tankers, in a bid to cut Russia’s oil revenues.
[Lloyds, Lloyds .. we loved ya once upon a time in the wild west. Elite dementia has consequences!]

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ retweet:
🔻Roberta Sutton:
Trump’s requirement of the C-F seemed to signal impatience with IL but was just a sop to his Xtian fundamentalist base. His remarks on Gaza put him close to Kushner. Continuation of 2K pound bombs heralds further killing & destruction. Rejection of the 2 state sits ill with MBS |article|
[summary of his latest article]
⭕ retweet:
In the north, tents are being prepared in the Al-Shujaiyah area of Gaza City and set up despite a significant shortage to accommodate people returning from the south, starting Saturday, 25.01. Those on foot will arrive through Al-Rashid Street without being searched, while vehicles will use Salaheddine Street and undergo inspections.
hassan.salem.gaza (IG) |media|

💠@imetatronink:
⭕🔻 Kit Klarenberg: It begins!
🔻 C2: Pulling out of NATO after 20 yrs will be easier than EU.
🔻 WS: I think the EU will spontaneously combust sooner than later. The iron and clay cannot mix; Club Med, the Nordic states, and the Intermarium cannot coalesce. The European “Union” is an illogical and unsustainable construct.

The Ukraine War has brought this fact into stark relief.
🔻 WS: I even think Germany will finally awaken from its stupor and fulfill what I predicted of them three years ago:
The End of NATO, American Imperial Hegemony, and The Rebirth of A Multipolar World

A short🧵
[IMO, too little too late.. The Soul Train’s already over the Cliff in glorious freefall]
🔻 Armchair Warlord: And why wouldn’t he? These organizations have done nothing but harm Slovakia over the last several years.

If you’re being exploited in an abusive relationship, you leave. Simple as that.
🔻 WS: The empire will undoubtedly make a last ditch effort to color revolution all the recalcitrant eastern European states. But I think the momentum of the movement has gotten away from them. And if they lose Romania … well, it’s bound to bring down the whole NATO/EU house of cards.
🔻 C4: The effort to throw down the government is currently underway in Slovakia. This week, 600 psychologists and psychiatrists in a country of 5M people signed an open letter asking Fico to step down from politics. Demonstrations announced for tomorrow.
🔻 Carborundum Crew: How many proxy wars can they start and will it help? |story|
🔻 C5: as someone from germany whos 28 i can tell you ask any person under the age of 25 in the east of germany and they will tell you they want out of the EU and NATO. it’s starting.
⭕ cont thread:
‼️ Bombast and Bluster

As expected, Trump’s opening rhetorical gambit to Putin is couched in bold-talking bravado:

“You must end this war immediately, or else we’re going to get real serious, and you will not like the consequences.”

Things will go downhill from here …
🔻 C1: Puts Putin in a position where he cant.
🔻 WS: I have no idea what you’re trying to say.
🔻 C1: To accept after Trumps threats will make him look weak.

🔻 WS: I think Putin’s course of action will be dictated more by domestic realities and strategic imperatives than by anything Trump might say or the US might attempt to do.

As I wrote in the article linked above:
[Excerpt of his “Dictating Terms” article i’ve linked many times]
🔻 WS: I stand firmly by what I wrote (as reposted below), and I repeat what I have written on many occasions since early in the war: Odessa to the Danube (and Transnistria) will be reassimilated into mother Russia essentially without a fight. Odessa will petition to rejoin Russia.
⭕ reposts old:
As I have noted on multiple occasions, my single biggest geopolitical miscalculation / misjudgment of the past few years has been the vast chasm between what I thought Germany was and what Germany has now revealed itself to be: slavishly obeisant; devoid of self-respect.

⭕🔻 Glenn Diesen: Trump cannot threaten his way to a peace agreement, as Russia considers this to be an existential threat. Why not start with dialogue?
[he links Drumpf’s crazed tweet threatening Russia which began with, “I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people…”]
🔻 Glenn Diesen: Putin already welcomed a meeting with Trump to bring an end to the war – why kick at an open door?
🔻 WS: Because the concession of strategic humiliation waits inside that door, and it’s a bitter pill to swallow.
📜 The Bitter Pill of Decisive Strategic Defeat
🔻 C2: And that pill must be swallowed voluntarily or otherwise.
⭕🔻 Armchair Warlord: The standard narrative of the Ukrainian War (one I myself have followed to an extent) is that an “analytical swerve” occurred in the West in the first weeks of the war, leading Western leaders to believe that Russia could be conventionally defeated.

What if this was a psyop?⬇️

This narrative goes as follows: Western policymakers had a very low opinion of the Ukrainian military prewar stemming from its manifest failures in the Donbass in 2014-15, and expected the AFU to collapse quickly in the event of full-scale war with Russia. Ukraine would be occupied by Russian forces and NATO would then turn the tables on Russia with a combination of crippling sanctions and support for Ukrainian insurgents. Prewar NATO material aid to Ukraine was thus limited as Western leaders considered it to be a lost cause, and floodgates of war materiel were only turned on after the AFU unexpectedly survived the initial Russian attack and proved to be a capable fighting force.

There’s a fundamental problem with this narrative, however. It assumes that the growth of the AFU as a very large and increasingly well-trained and battle-hardened fighting force from 2015-2022 entirely slipped the attention of the Western defense, intelligence, and policy establishment. We now know that this very same establishment was in fact deeply involved in establishing Maidan-era Ukraine as a geopolitical counterweight to the Russian Federation.

In fact, any serious analyst looking at the prewar force array – to include yours truly – would (and in my case, did!) come to the conclusion that, if properly employed, the AFU had the capability to defeat any invasion force the Russian Federation could reasonably muster at its borders. It had enough troops and enough equipment to do so – in fact, Zelensky’s 2021 decision to begin actively preparing to invade and crush the separatist republics likely stemmed from an AFU General Staff conclusion that they could win a fight with the Russian Federation.

In short – the CIA was not going to simultaneously know all of this because of their deep relationship with the GUR and then conventionally write off Ukraine. But the perception that Ukraine was weak nevertheless remained strong in the general public and even in many less-informed official circles. My theory is that this perception of a Ukrainian underdog was then deliberately leveraged in the early days of the war to create the narrative (one which persists to this day despite all logic) of a brave little country humbling an arrogant but hapless bully – despite the fact that “little Ukraine” actually showed up to the initial fight, as the defender, with a 2:1 or greater numerical advantage over “big bad Russia.”

Under this line of argument, extensive Western material aid to Ukraine prewar was unnecessary – Ukraine had its own military industry and massive stockpiles of Soviet equipment. They didn’t actually need NATO’s stuff to win the war. Providing them a few antitank missiles was largely a show of support and largely served to get NATO’s foot properly in the door for massive reinforcements to follow after they’d beaten the Russians bloody.

Similarly, any close observer of Western information efforts in the early war – such as myself – would note that they were all geared strongly and immediately towards promoting a conventional Ukrainian victory. Given who likely paid for and coordinated all of this (see the departure of numerous brOSINT outlets with US government budgetary cycles in subsequent years), that coordinated messaging is extremely telling.

Knowing this, the actual shock in Western policy circles in February and March of 2022 becomes clear – not that Ukraine had managed to somehow survive the Russian onslaught and fight back, but that despite years of preparation for precisely this war the Ukrainians had been badly outfought and outmaneuvered and were prepared to surrender. It was in fact the Russians, not the Ukrainians, who proved a far more formidable combatant than expected. Dramatic efforts were needed – and the appropriate mountains moved – to get Zelensky back on board, with an army reconstituted directly out of NATO stockpiles.

This thesis also explains why Western defense policymakers – not a group known for being quick on their intellectual feet – suddenly and in absolute lockstep went from supposedly believing Ukraine was cooked (“3 Days to Kiev”) to believing that Ukraine could conventionally defeat the Russian Federation. Namely, that they never changed their minds at all, and were merely psyopping the public to drive support for Ukraine and create an impression of Russian weakness to lower public thresholds for further action once the Russians were inevitably buried by endless waves of Ukrainian reserves. And, critically, they have largely stuck by that assessment despite endless evidence that it’s nonsense.

In short, my theory is this: What if the prewar conventional wisdom about “weak little Ukraine” – endlessly promoted by official and semi-official Western outlets despite the fact it could be easily refuted by publicly available information, and there would have been little reason to expect a rapid Ukrainian defeat among well-informed observers – was part of the same Great Big Psyop that unfolded in the early days of the war, and intended to interlock with and reinforce a narrative of a heroic Ukrainian victory against all odds?

Food for thought.
🔻 WS: I agree with this assessment.

I have agreed with it since no later than early July 2022:
📜 A Drone’s Eye View of the Ukraine War
⭕ reposts old:
📜 Bird’s Eye View of the Ukraine War
⭕ Epic Ivan the Terrible quote cited below.

Not as concise as Uncle Sasha would have phrased it, but poetic all the same.
[links:
🔻 Maria Dubovikova:
The Second Letter of Ivan IV to the Swedish King John III
January 6, 1573

“If you wrote to us with barking and intend to respond to our letter with more barking, then for us, great sovereigns, it is no trouble to write back to you in the same manner. However, it is unbecoming of great sovereigns to write barking. We wrote to you not with barking, but with truth. And sometimes we wrote at length because, if we did not explain things to you, we would not receive any meaningful response from you.

But if you, taking on the mouth of a dog, wish to bark for amusement, that is your servile custom: it may be an honor for you, but for us, great sovereigns, even to correspond with you is dishonorable. To write barking to you is worse still, and to engage in mutual barking with you is the worst disgrace imaginable in this world. If you wish to engage in mutual barking, then find yourself a servant like yourself and bark with him.

From now on, no matter how much barking you write, we will not respond to you.

If you wish to act, our people have seen your cannons. And if you wish to try again, you will see what profit you gain from it.

But if you desire peace for your land, send your envoys to us, and we will learn from them your intentions and decide what should be done.”

This is Russia’s response to Trump’s proposal — or rather, his ultimatum. Or perhaps… just his barking.”]
[AHH: my history on this is now distant and iffy, but I sense modern nazidom was born in Sweden, even before Germany or Banderistan; look where Herr Hermann Göring spent the interwar years, and into which nobility he married.. So, as for this letter by Ivan IV, after these pleasant exchanges with one of the dominant powers in Europe at the time, the Russkies went on to bury the Swedes, and end their mini-rule of north Europe. Now you know why they’re salty to this day, and as committed to the Drang as other crazy Balts]
🔻 Maria Dubovikova: Ivan IV is Ivan the Terrible.
Just for your notice and information.
🔻 C2: Then Russia could stop selling uranium for American nuclear power plants. Sel titanium to Boeing. Just for starting.
🔻 Maria Dubovikova: I think Trump is unaware of the origin of uranium and titanium in the US.
[i don’t think he could care less. That’s not his role. He is like the cleaner you send after the mafia has exhausted possibilities and liquidates liabilities. The more Chaos, the merrier. Orange will deepsix the dregs of this Empire for the zionazis. Even if he weren’t willing, he is under compulsion]
🔻 C3: Trump’s delegation is going to learn
reality bites
🔻 C4: The letter is still so relevant. Nothing has much changed in 500+ years apparently. Same play, different actors.
⭕ 🎸 The Golden Age

The new old president says we’ve now entered the golden age of America, but I can’t see what’s changed.

This is the Golden Age
It’s hard to imagine
With the way I feel today
🔻 Salamanca: He meant the Age of the Golden Shower. |golden|
🔻 C2: Unfortunately Trump is not going to change much in Ukraine, as you have already noted in the past.

This is going to be his war soon, if he does not pull out, and he will be rightfully blamed when thr Ukrainians collapse.

Trump can’t bluster his way out.
[links:
“🔻 🅰pocalypsis 🅰pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉:
🇷🇺 Professor Dmitry Evstafiev: The degree of Trump’s rudeness with his ultimatum is noticeably higher than is expected when entering into a serious dialogue. Even I raised an eyebrow in surprise.

It is clear that he is euphoric.

It is clear that he was offended that they did not call him.

It is clear that he was offended by the video negotiations between Putin and Xi.

It is clear that he does not control Zelensky and cannot get any concessions from him. And he cannot dump the “asset” called Ukraine.

But still, a clear overreaction. Demonstrative. He’s not ready to negotiate seriously with us. That’s conclusion number one. Neither on strategic disengagement nor on Ukraine locally.

Such statements are made only to be rudely rebuffed. It’s too thick.

I’m not an advisor to the boss, but I would sigh sadly and shrug. And that’s it. There is no subject for discussion yet.

Conclusion number two: Trump’s freedom of maneuver is significantly less than it seems to us. He is tied to death by agreements with the elite. Well, who would doubt it.

But in general, Trump has finally drowned our “peace party” today, as well as all our Trump fans. Which, of course, is very good.”]
⭕ reposts old:
🤡🌎 Stupid Is As Stupid Does

“Shadow Fleet” = Ships used by countries or entities who buy insurance from someone other than imperial insurers.

“Sanctions” = Drive away your customers to pursue alternative arrangements.

The dwindling Anglo-American empire is led by imbeciles.
🔻 WS: India likes getting Russian oil, and is no longer willing to submit to imperial edicts to cease doing so. #OpenDefiance |story|

☝️ Ramallah is de facto capital of the compradore Palestinian Authority Gauleiter force. It’s of no use to either side anymore. Pretense is being dropped

💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇧🇾Western leaders are pushing the world community towards a global war, said State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich.
⭕ 🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia has reported its largest drone attack [on Russia] since the beginning of the year.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 125 drones were shot down, some of which were flying toward Moscow and were shot down on the approaches.
⭕ 🇺🇦🇷🇺The enemy struck the Novo-Ryazan Thermal Power Plant and the oil refinery of JSC RNPK.  |media|
[This is fifth largest power generator in Russia, located just outside Moscow.. i suppose Orange is now “negotiating in earnest”]

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ — 🇮🇷 NEW: Another record high of inflation was set by the Pezeshkian administration, with $1 USD now exchanging on the open market for 840,000 IR Rial – marking the worst exchange rate in the country’s history
[A potent marker of intent by the Last Satanic Empire. To the bitter end. The same starvation siege as put on Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Cuba, and much of mankind]

💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:
⭕ The Political Bureau of Ansar Allah:

• The United States continues its blatant hostility towards the Yemeni people and is desperate in supporting the Zionist entity with all its capabilities.
• The new U.S. administration aims, through its unjust decision against our people, to further support the crimes of the entity against the Palestinian people.
• The U.S. aims to increase the suffering of our people and to try to deter Yemen and its armed forces from continuing to support the just Palestinian cause.
• The U.S., stained with bloody terrorism throughout its history, is not in a position to classify countries and peoples.
• We strongly condemn the old-new U.S. step that has become a farce, lacking any standards other than serving the Zionist agenda.
• We warn of the repercussions of the U.S. decision on the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen and on the peace efforts that have reached an advanced stage.
• We call on free countries and peoples, as well as humanitarian and rights organizations, to condemn this unethical decision.
• We renew our commitment to Palestine and Gaza that Yemen will continue its principled solidarity with the Palestinian people.
• Our armed forces will remain on alert and ready for any military escalation against Yemen and to confront violations of the agreement in Gaza.

⭕ U.S. President Donald Trump: Ready to visit Saudi Arabia if they pump investments.

The milking has begun.
⭕ Trump is a lying clown; his mission is well-known—milking the big players. As for us Yemenis, we will respond to America, and we will classify it as a dangerous terrorist entity. We will take decisions that will strike at its economic and security interests.

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 📌 Major world events by the morning of January 24

•  Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his desire to conclude a peace treaty with Russia;
• An elite bunker for the world’s richest people in case of a global catastrophe will be built in the US state of Virginia, media reported;
• Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight, including six over the Moscow region and one over Moscow, the Russian MoD reported.

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇷🇺💬 Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin

On the role of sovereignty

For Russia, the question of independence is a question of the existence of our state.
Given the size of the country and the availability of natural resources, we by definition have someone to defend ourselves from and something to defend.

In the 90s, the Russian Federation practically lost its sovereignty.
A number of states that were formerly union republics of the USSR sacrificed it in favor of Washington and Brussels.
We are talking about the Baltic countries.

Ukraine lost it finally in 2014.
The result is known: the state is gone, faith is trampled, memory is betrayed, history is rewritten, culture is destroyed, the language of the majority of the population is banned, and citizens are relegated to the role of expendable material.

Pressure from the US and Western countries has always existed. Colonial policy is the basis of their existence.

There are countries that understand that maintaining independence is an opportunity to determine their own destiny and plan for the future.

For Russia, this became possible after Putin was elected President.
It was Vladimir Vladimirovich who began the difficult path of reviving our state and gaining its independence.

In Belarus, issues of sovereignty are the basis of Lukashenko’s policy.
Alexander Grigorievich played a key role in protecting the interests of the state during the most difficult years.

Today, Russia and Belarus are countries with their own political systems and economic models that ensure stability and successfully confront challenges.

External threats have brought us together.

We are building the Union State together, but everyone is independent in making decisions.

Our relations are based on the principles of non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, but at the same time mutually beneficial cooperation, respect and support.

On Sunday, presidential elections will take place in Belarus.
Citizens will have to decide who will lead their country.
The State Duma sent its observers to them.

There are still a few days until the elections, but the European Union is already unhappy with them.

And what elections has the European Union ever been happy with?! Only those where their candidate wins, and not the one who defends the interests of his people, protects his country and its sovereignty.

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ retweet:
🇨🇳🇮🇱🇵🇸 China has begun teaching its children about the genocide in Gaza.

Schools are showing them videos of the massacre and suffering of the children. |media|
[as i’ve said since fall-winter 2023: the West shall never recover from this. Zion and the Moshiach ensured it. Everything that follows is detail, and tilting at windmills…]
⭕ retweet:
Watch the moment a high-ranking Israeli soldier was questioned by Declassified about war crimes during what he thought was a secret trip to London |media|

💠@imetatronink:
⭕🔻 C1: Be interesting to watch that oil price tumble based on Trump’s instructions……

Like the new photo…..makes you look like a Renaissance philosopher
🔻 WS: It’s some sort of AI concoction that Happy Corgi Pants @PhilthyCarn made for me. My wife says it makes me look too much like Jeff Bridges, but I figure that’s probably an improvement. #imetatronAbides

This is cool, too: |media|

I find things like this extremely interesting.

I’m also a fan of well-done colorization of old photos and early 20th century motion pictures.
🔻 C2: is that the reason for the new profile pic ?
🔻 WS: Never mistake whim for reason
or your reason will become a bust
One day the barbarians will crash through your gates
and smash it all into dust

😏
⭕🤔 This 4/8 post from my 2022-01-13 thread is an interesting case.

Fact is, the US/NATO has had a MASSIVE military response. They have simply managed to do everything they possibly could just short of a calamitous air campaign and ground assault.

1/2
[4/8 post:
“What will be the US/NATO response? Well, I consider it 99.99% certain there will be no military response – none whatsoever. There is no way in hell the Pentagon is going to risk having the myth of US military impregnability exposed in a futile attempt to help Ukraine.

4/8”]
🔻 WS: The US and its NATO vassals are not even remotely capable of large-scale combat operations at this point in time.

2/2 |link|
[ergo the florid screeching, tweeting and belly thrusts of our plump Orangeman]
🔻 Aldo: Will what is your position now on what will happen in Ukraine. What is this bluster from Trump?
🔻 WS: [links his old thread on “‼️ Bombast and Bluster

As expected, Trump’s opening rhetorical gambit to Putin is couched in bold-talking bravado…”]
⭕🔻 — GEROMAN — time will tell – 👀 –:
1 trillion budged but low on barrels
3rd world country level
🔻 Armchair Warlord: Meanwhile we haven’t actually seen an M777 on the battlefield in months – the system appears to be largely extinct in the field after more were destroyed on camera than officially shipped.

If barrel production for M777s is actually happening it’s likely to refill US spare parts.
[Back in the day, Napoleon remarked for modern ground war, Artillery is the god of war… and USUK-NATO stands demilitarized in this critical area, which drones cannot compensate against peer foes.. NATO is literally grabbing its ankles and whistling in the Dark… keep that in mind, as Orange struts and bellows to cover the unseeming posture]
🔻 C3: I’ve seen one or two get blown this month but impossible to tell how long ago.
🔻 Armchair Warlord: Used to be you couldn’t open Telegram without seeing them getting hit by Lancets.
🔻 OneShadowCaster: “The M-777 howitzer costs four to five million dollars per unit.”

… don’t tell me a hunk of steel should ever cost 4 million USD… which can be destroyed by an RPG attached to the FPV drone worth of 300$.
🔻 Snuffy Froman #TinPeasent: Remember the Bradley Graveyard? Every single part other than the box was stripped off…I think that’s how we see random shit like BTR-4E popping back up…and T-64s, all the Nato stuff has to be mostly Lego sets at this point.
🔻 WS: They may yet prove effective against drug lord villas and RCMP cavalry.
🔻 C6: Canada has attack beavers. Checkmate.
🔻 C7: Drug lords will be more impressive than you think. They even have their FPV drone corps now.
🔻 WS: I don’t think you have followed closely enough what I have said regarding a putative US military operation in Mexico.
🔻 C7: Only so many things one can follow each day. I’ll give it a look.
🔻 WS: I meant no offense. But I have expressed my doubts that the US could prosecute a successful military operation in Mexico — for reasons, which as always, boil down to underestimation of adversary capabilities and insuperable logistical constraints.
⭕⚡️ Artist Renderings Go to War – IV
(An ongoing series.)

Look here, folks! The F-35 has successfully demonstrated the capability to control US drone aircraft that do not as yet exist except in the form of concept art.

🤦‍♂️ |story|
🔻 C1: The concept of using a manned fighter aircraft to deploy and/or command and control an unmanned aircraft is flawed from an operational employment standpoint. Not only is it a waste of $$, it’s real purpose is to extend the relevance & lifecycle of manned acft that make defense primes billions of dollars.
🔻 C2: If they are AI enabled drones, why they need to be controlled?
⭕🔻 Armchair Warlord:
Short thought for the evening.

So about every day I see some take come across my feed that aircraft carriers are obsolete because long-range hypersonic weapons or something.

While war has definitely changed in the modern day, this is a bad take. Let’s walk through this.⬇️

So, first of all, what does an aircraft carrier do? Well, it provides a capability to fly off and sustain a large number of conventional aircraft at sea. This allows it to both attack at extended ranges and to sustain combat operations for an lengthy period of time.

The argument is that (1) it’s not as hard to find carriers as it used to be because of modern ISR assets, (2) modern hypersonic missiles can sail through the current generation of missile defenses, and (3) many modern missiles are very long-ranged and can handily outrange the current crop of carrier aircraft.

These are all true to an extent, but none of this means the operational concept of the aircraft carrier is obsolete. First of all they’re overstated: (1) assumes peacetime brOSINT ISR assets will keep operating in wartime; (2) elides that modern hypersonics generally don’t have capability against moving targets and ignores developments in missile defense; and (3) ignores the fact that current crop of modern carrier aircraft were designed for permissive maritime environments and are shorter-ranged than even their Cold War counterparts.

Second of all, what is the biggest military development of the mid-21st century? Drone proliferation. Unmanned aerial systems are the way of the future. And you know what ship can operate a huge number of high-performance drones at sea, far more than any “conventional” warship?

An aircraft carrier. Which will be able to attack at extended ranges compared to, and sustain combat operations far longer than, any “conventional” naval platform. And, moreover, aircraft carriers “payloads” can be easily swapped out, so there’s not even any question of the current generation of flattops really being obsolete because you can simply stick new aircraft on them if that’s the way war is developing.

In fact that’s… exactly what happened historically. Carrier doctrine underwent enormous development from the 1920s into WWII and the Cold War as aircraft developed into technological maturity. What didn’t change, by and large, were the ships themselves – the Saratoga was about as useful to the Navy as a combat unit in 1927 as it was in 1945 despite flying off a radically different air wing. The late-war Midways operated successfully through the entire Cold War, flying several generations of air wings in the process.

So, yes, anyone loudly proclaiming the demise of the aircraft carrier as a naval centerpiece is extremely mistaken. It’s also noteworthy that the Chinese aren’t preparing to challenge the USN for supremacy in the Indo-Pacific asymmetrically – they’re building out their own carrier fleet as fast as they can get the hulls in the water.
🔻 WS: I’ve bookmarked this.

I don’t have the time or inclination to respond right now. But I’m glad we’ve found a point of contention, and I look forward to making a counterargument.
🔻 C2: Do you have contact with Martyanov? He could do an entire post or vid taking this nonsense apart.
Russia has been developing solutions for taking out carrier battle groups for decades.

India’s undying envy and futile rivalry with China is being leveraged to “remove India from BRICS” (~28:30 min). So sad. Some compradores are so mentally colonized they shoot themselves, and their future, in the head. The allure of Harlot Babylon is universally irresistible..
The Orange Gang may be a damp squib against Russkie, but may work to isolate and delay India and Iran’s full adoption of multipolarity and sovereignty

The Arab governments and the Gaza war

I really do not understand AB Atwan and old-style journalists who still think in terms of Arabism. Arabism died with Arafat and Saddam and Assad Sr. And these Petro-Sheikhs, who calmly observe Genocide for 2 years without being perturbed, never saw themselves as part of you.. So what if Trump milks them unto death? When did their wealth ever benefit you or arabs?? On the contrary, it assisted your genocides and immiseration! In fact, what the demented Orange is about to do will kill his own golden goose, helping free the region…

💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ ❗️Moscow sees no real actions from Kiev and the West indicating readiness for peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says

💠@Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇷🇺“Everything will remain as is” if Trump does not “take into account Russia’s interests,” said Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.

“If the US under Trump takes into account Russia’s interests, the dialogue between Moscow and Washington will gradually be restored; if not, everything will remain as is.”

He also says that “there are no objective signs of readiness between Kyiv and the West for peace negotiations, despite all the statements.”

He also spoke out against the “freezing of the Ukrainian conflict”, arguing that it “will be used by the West to arm Kyiv and attempt revenge.”

💠@Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Israel will NOT withdraw fully from southern Lebanon within the end of the 60-days ceasefire agreement – Israeli Prime Minister’s Office
⭕ Israel says it will ‘continue its phased withdrawal from Lebanon’, but ‘cannot abide by the timeframe’, and it blames the Lebanese state for failing to implement the agreement
⭕ Iran has begun large scale IRGC Navy exercises in the Persian Gulf |media|
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@quinntheeskimo6

♬ original sound – Quinn O’Flynn 🍉

💠@Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇺🇸🇺🇦It appears that the issue of lowering the draft age in Ukraine to 18 has been effectively resolved. Almost the entire Western press confirms that the Trump administration is demanding this in exchange for arms supplies.
[another metric of what the Russkie calls “continuity of deep state governance.” There is a seamless transition from the crashtestdummy to the Orange belly dancer]

💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ ❗️Hamas hands over four more Israeli hostages to Red Cross, media report

The hostages are four captured IDF servicewomen.
[these appear teens or low 20s — the ones who manned the automatic machine gun turrets of the Gaza walls, whilst twerking on social media and doing their nails. Strategika51 noted in late 2023 these criminals may have most blood on their hands of all the zionazis – easily over 100 murdered per girl. Careless videogame-like murderers]

💠@Middle East Spectator:
⭕ It is now confirmed by reliable local sources that HTS forces have suddenly withdrawn from the Western Syria coastal region, including Latakia and Tartous, for unknown reasons – gunfire is now audible in several places
[hand off to their Turk brothers, currently invading the same space?]

💠@DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇷🇺💬🇯🇵 “Japan takes a clearly unfriendly position towards our country,” Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

This is how the press secretary of the Russian president commented on the words of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba about the desire to resolve the “territorial problem” and conclude a peace treaty with the Russian Federation.
[so, as with 404, they’d planned to resolve territorial disputes through Russkie capitulation?? The world’s certain gotten more interesting since the ascension of Orange]

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ From Dahiya, Beirut, where Israel assassinated Hezbollah secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The operation was much more complicated than it looks like. Israel won’t withdraw easily from Lebanon.
⭕ Don’t expect Hezbollah to attack Israel on Monday the 27th, the day after the 30-days ceasefire ends. It is the duty of the Lebanese govto first try to force it on France and the US, the guarantors. The armed resistance has the right to defend itself per the UN Charter 51.
🔻 C1: What are our options Elijah!!! We either defend ourselves(Hizbollah/Lebanese Army) or the countries who put themselves as guardians of Lebanon (USA,France and Saudi) defend us. Frankly there is no scenario where the israelis stay occupying Lebanese Land.
🔻 EM: The options go by priority. The first priority is the well-being of the people and the refugees. The second is for the government to assume the responsibility of the deal. The third is the reconstruction. The fourth is to wait for the return of the settlers and for these to reconstruct their places so if Israel wants to attack civilian homes, the Lebanese know what to do. The fifth is to understand that the long term strategy will be similar to the 1980s where Hezbollah becomes a local resistance. Does it make sense?
🔻 C1: It makes sense in the long term but the issue of Israel occupying/establishing permanent positions inside Lebanese territories is imminent. Once they are allowed to extend their stay one time its game over,they will never leave. It’s not 1980, the whole geopolitics has changed.
🔻 EM: Is it counterproductive for the armed resistance long-term presence if Israel occupies part of Lebanon?
🔻 C1: Oh!! Sure the existence of an armed resistance stays valid as long as the enemy stays.
Sorry, my brains got all scrambled right now,it’s fighting with itself🤦‍♀️ our MEN deserve to live a normal life yet as long as israel stays on our borders we will never have normal life ☢️
🔻 C2: Elijah, we read in the news that Bibi guy is requesting additional 30 days of ceasefire. Is it true?
🔻 EM: Possible.
⭕ Israel cannot and will not violate the 60-days ceasefire agreement with Lebanon without the approval of president Donald Trump’s administration.
⭕ Check out my upcoming article exploring the implications of Israel’s anticipated breach of the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.

If you enjoy in-depth analysis, consider subscribing to my blog for more insights.
⭕ Hamas has recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 new fighters since the onset of its conflict with Israel (Reuters). This significant estimated increase in personnel suggests that Hamas is rapidly replenishing its ranks, potentially offsetting losses incurred during the devastating war.

Following the death of Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar, his younger brother, Mohammed, has taken over leadership and is working to rebuild the group. It underscores the organisation’s resilience and its ability to mobilise support even amid ongoing hostilities and highlight the limitations of a solely military approach.
⭕ Today is supposed to be the most important day for Gaza in 15 months of war.

Hamas wants to hand over the Israeli prisoners as soon as possible so that the Israeli occupation forces can withdraw from the Nitzarem corridor on al-Rashid Street along the coast. This would allow over half a million Palestinians to return to their homes, or what remains of them, as agreed in the ceasefire agreement.

This is expected to be the most painful dagger in the heart of Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal political career, with Hamas imposing its conditions and the failure of the Israeli extremist plan to annex the Strip and force another exodus on the Palestinians.

The resistance demanded the release of Palestinian leaders from all groups, especially Abdel Naser Issa Mohammad Abu Warda (47 life sentences in Israel); Ammar al-Zebed (27 life sentences), Zakaria Zubeidi (33 life sentences).
🔻 C1: Is Marwan Barghouti release not part of the deal?!
🔻 EM: Not today for certain.
⭕ Of 200 Palestinians to be freed today, there are 70 Palestinians with dozens of life sentences to be released and escorted out of Palestine to Egypt for 3 years.
🔻 C1: Is a joke they took 200 more in last few days
⭕ retweet:
🔻 Roberta Sutton: 60 day C-F ends 26thJan. BN must get US agreement to stay in Leb beyond that date. He’s already told IL army to stay. Hezb will pursue US/Fr via Leb parliament to act as true guarantors. Hezb now presents herself as guardian of Leb sovereignty, via Parl. Rejects extension of C-F |story|
[summary of latest article]
⭕ The four Israeli prisoners have been released. Now it is Israel’s turn to free the Palestinian prisoners and withdraw from the Nitzarem corridor.
⭕ Israel occupied Gaza and conducted hundreds of attacks during 15 months but failed to find and free any of the Israeli prisoners held on the 7th of October.

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ 🚨 BREAKING: US TESTING NEW UNSTOPPABLE SUPERHYPERSONIC MISSILE SYSTEM.

beep beep
⭕ ‼️ US Navy Developing New Super-Duper Hydrosonic Submarine

Anonymous Pentagon sources reveal super-duper encrypted plans cannot be stolen or deciphered by America’s enemies.

Serial production predicted to commence in the year 2525, if man is still alive. |raw stolen intel|
⭕ I cannot understand why it is so many Russians still want to be loved and accepted by the western Europeans.
[links:
🔻 Glenn Diesen: NATO Secretary General Rutte argues Putin has no vote or veto on NATO expansion
– The post-Cold War objective of making NATO the dominant security institution for Europe, and arguing that Russia should have no say over what NATO does is the source of the war. Zero-sum bloc politics is revived to evict Russia from Europe. Without institutional influence to prevent being surrounded by a hostile military bloc, the only option becomes hard power
– In the audience, at the end of the video, is a soldier from Azov with a Nazi insignia on the shoulder |media|
🔻 C2: If you go Russia and talk with even Russian nationalists or even people like Dugin you’ll realize that most of people who are living West of Ural or maybe even in a whole are westerners. For years after soviet union collapse Russia government and it’s people tried to be accepted by the western civilization as it part, when it failed they had to fall on it’s own project which they would call Eurasian. It’s only adopted because Russia government and lot of people felt westerners betrayed them.
🔻 C3: That is rapidly changing. Russians are developing a new found self confidence as they begin to realise the Emperor was naked the whole time. It hasn’t reached everyone yet, but it is spreading quickly.
🔻 C4: They once believed it was the hub of civilization and culture. They got wise
🔻 C5: I don’t think they do. European want what Russians have (their land, their brains, their history, their military, their wealth, their resources, their arctic, their know-how, their art, their gold, their weapons, their culture, their intel capabilities, their submarines, their ice breakers, their diplomacy, their castles, their nuclear power); one can’t imagine the Russians want anything in Europe
🔻 WS: Many do. It has been that way for centuries. Not all Russians, by any means. Not even most Russians. But there has always been a non-trivial proportion of Russian society that has been envious and longed to “fit in” with what they view as the “sophisticated and fashionable” west.
🔻 C6: 19th cent Ottoman Turks had same idea, that if they dressed & acted like furriners, they’d be equal.
Post war Iran rejected this concept. Famous essay is by Jalal Al-e Ahmad, “Westoxification,” on the colonized mind
⭕ ⁉️ I’m curious to know exactly what the Marines’ mission description looks like for this operation. What are their orders? What’s the objective? |media|
[same as with aircraft carriers – the land equivalent of steaming in circles, tooting horns, and sucking thumbs]
🔻 C1: Secure the border duh
🔻 WS: That is not a mission description. Nor is it even remotely an attainable goal for the force being deployed.
🔻 C2: To win.
🔻 C3: Visual effect for the masses.
🔻 C4: To spend is into fucking oblivion. Same thing year after year
🔻 C5: Cirrca 1994 elements of my Marine Battalion were assigned to assist Boarder patrol & DEA, our mission was to set up unseen observation posts, watch for anything suspicious and call it in for Feds with police powers to deal with.
🔻 Dr Sq: In 2012 I met an American gentleman called Sam who recalled his happy days in the National Guard, when it meant getting to play cards and drive cool vehicles.

The clip made me think of him for some reason.
🔻 C7: In every normal country military guard’s borders
🔻 WS: How many troops do you suppose it will take to “guard” US borders?
🔻 C7: As many as needed . Guarding S.Korea border and not your own is insane
🔻 Cristian George: Bro… show of force. Since when did you become so bitter that you stopped being able to see?

A tank is useful for 2 things: shooting at things OR showing up. In this case them just making a show of force will be good enough for now.
Part of the border problem is there is no deterence. You need the columns of immigrants to stop way before the border.
🔻 WS: “Bitter” has nothing to do with it. It’s a simple question of logistics.

500 Marines doing a PR photo-op is anything but a “show of force”.
🔻 Cristian George: depends how many times it’s played over social media. The Osprey’s looked pretty far out.

As far as actual results, I’m sure that as things shake out, a much bigger outfit will get responsability and will be accountable for securing the border – but in the meantime the fastest way to force some results is to bluff.

It’s what he’s doing everywhere – his first 3 days are pure shock and awe, being anywhere, everywhere at once. Is this actually impactful in real terms? Nope. But it has a definite psychological effect – America is back.

Even as I know that it’s a game, it’s still hard to deny the effect that this man is hustling and this might have a significant impact depending on how many people believe it. His job is to get people fired up!
[how many semi-honest MAGA-tards with still functional gray matter are having buyers’ remorse?! Wait a little. Orange will make it Darker still]
🔻 WS: I suspect that, in the eyes of a great many discerning observers around the world, it is seen as a manifestation of underlying weakness.

Which, of course, it is.
🔻 Cristian George: I agree. There is no doubt.
But if he manages to fire up the US population – then America has an unbelievable potential. Right now there is a wet blanket much of the Western World in terms of lack of agency and enthusiasm, a malaise that is very hard to overcome.
I can tell you by experience that the situation is much worse in Canada than in the US.

The goal of any leader, at any level is to fire up the people so they enthusiastically take charge of their responsibilities.

The man sure knows what he’s job is, and he is leading by example. He knew the importance of symbolic tag lines : 100 hours, 100 days… the US 250th anniversary next year. People are very emotional creatures – if they believe, they will invest their emotions and then massive action will happen.
If they are suspicious, they will do things half hearted and they will falter and fall.
[Ok. Orange will marshal folks faster, and with more enthusiasm, right off the Cliff. That does appear the exceptional manifest destiny of the Last American Prez. Next trick?]
⭕ cont. thread:
🔻 Armchair Warlord:
Short thought for the evening.

So about every day I see some take come across my feed that aircraft carriers are obsolete because long-range hypersonic weapons or something.

While war has definitely changed in the modern day, this is a bad take. Let’s walk through this.⬇️ ….
🔻 WS: After carefully re-reading your post above, I think I understand your argument better than I did when I read it hastily late last night — and I agree with several elements of what you wrote.

That said, it seems to me you are not talking so much about what aircraft carriers are NOW, but what they COULD BE at some point in the future.

That is a substantially different fundamental premise than I have addressed previously.

And so, before I proceed to respond to your post, I want to confirm that my interpretation of your argument is more or less correct.
🔻 Armchair Warlord: My argument is that the replacement for the aircraft carrier is the aircraft carrier. 😉
🔻 WS: Only somewhat tongue-in-cheek, I once proposed something somewhat similar:
[repost old:
“🤔 If I were the Pentagon, I’d convert all the supercarriers to massive missile ships. Get rid of all the aircraft and 90% of the crew and its quarters. Gut the ship and install self-feeding missile systems that would bristle from the deck and sides. That would be a useful ship.”]
🔻 WS: At any rate, the more I ponder the question, the more I am persuaded that most legacy surface warfare ships, and almost all legacy naval doctrine, will be revealed as effectively obsolescent in the next few years.

I intend to make and defend that argument in my next blog post.
🔻 C2: Russia seems to be moving in the direction of numerous small missile carriers. USA loves deploying air-power to inflict damage on third-world countries. Projections of aircraft longevity in case of all out war with a peer have always been pretty dire (days at most).
🔻 C3: As if a hypersonic missile can’t adjust for the vector of a moving aircraft carrier
🔻 C4: Chinese type 076
🔻 WS: Just as vulnerable as US Wasp-class LHDs.
⭕ 🐶 Trembling Puppy Update

Speaking of aircraft carriers …

After sallying forth ever so intrepidly to a point a few kilometers south of the Egyptian border, CSG-8 (CVN75 – USS Trembling Puppy) turned on a dime and made haste back towards the safer environs of the Gulf of Suez.
🔻 C1: Poor little puppy is afraid even after Ansarullah said they won’t attack until Tel Aviv breaks the ceasefire?
Does it not trust Ansarullah or Tel Aviv? Not to mention its screens.
⭕ ‼️ Some of the most devout apologia you will ever see comes from the true believers in US naval supremacy — none of whom will consent to the reality that modest Yemeni missile salvos credibly threatened and repeatedly discombobulated four consecutive US carrier strike groups.
‼️ How the Yemeni Chased Away the US Navy
🔻 Renier P. du Plessis: In civilian life any tech that is three decades old is obsolete – think phones, fax machines, cars
Whoever can replace or upgrade their weapons the fastest – will win
⭕🔻 DD Geopolitics: 🇭🇺 Budapest will agree to extend sanctions against Russia if Ukraine returns gas transit, stops threatening oil transit and stops attacks on Turkish Stream.
— Orban

For reference: European sanctions are in effect until January 31, and a consensus of all EU members is needed to extend them.
🔻 WS: Orban outmaneuvers the Brussels mediocrities at every juncture.

And, of course, Russia will accept impotent EU sanctions as a “cost of doing business” expense on energy sales to Europe.
🔻 C2: And this “cost of doing business” is borne by the EU when they buy 🇷🇺 oil refined in indis
⭕ 🔻 Armchair Warlord: Once again the “throw something at it” method of AT drone defense is successful. |media|
🔻 WS: Time to bring back the [Roman] scutum [shield]?
🔻 C2: shields and spears are making a comeback on the frontlines.
[Einstein: ‘I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.’]

⭕🔻 WarshipCam: USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment in Duqm, Oman – January 20, 2025 #usnsbighorn #tao198

SRC: INST- esuttonmk2
🔻 SeaWaves Magazine: Been there since September after being towed in.
🔻 Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping): First picture I have seen of USNS Big Horn since she was towed into port in September after grounding.

When are we going to get an update on her from @USNavy @MSCSealift @US5thFleet?

This is a major asset down for 4 months? |media|
🔻 Armchair Warlord: Fitting a pattern of “accidents” that the US military doesn’t want to explain happening to critical assets weeks after some major provocation against Russia.

You notice we’ve stayed the hell away from their strategic bombers since 2022.
🔻 WS: I’m just relieved an Osprey didn’t make a huge cloud of dust, flames, and debris during today’s big show.
[post his older:
“🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Anonymous Pentagon sources reveal that all 500 US Marines participating in today’s deployment to the US/Mexico border will receive a new and distinctive medal for their service. 🎬👏”]
🔻 C5: Gotta give them something for riding in an Osprey on purpose.
⭕🔻 Lord Bebo:
🇺🇸🇩🇰 Trump demanded Greenland?

The US president spoke to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish premier, for 45 minutes last week.

Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said the conversation had gone very badly.

They added that Trump had been aggressive and confrontational following the Danish prime minister’s comments that the island was not for sale, despite her offer of more co-operation on military bases and mineral exploitation.

“It was horrendous,” said one of the people.

Another added: “He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”

The details of the call are likely to deepen European concerns that Trump’s return to power will strain transatlantic ties more than ever, as the US president heaps pressure on allies to give up territory.
🔻 WS: “Neo-Manifest Destiny” is manifestly very popular in the eyes of a great many Americans here in the early days of the second Trump rodeo.

This ride will end badly for the cowboys, the bulls, and the clowns.
🔻 Matt Bracken: I disagree here. Greenland is low-hanging fruit, with a population of under 60K who HATE the Danes. Why? Read this. This did not happen a century ago, this happened in the 1960s and 70s. The child victims are still alive in their 60s and 70s. They remember. The world will learn, and disgust will grow at the Danish masters of Greenland. |story|

xcerpt:
From the 2022 BBC article:

Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors.

Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s.

It is a contraceptive device placed inside the womb – or uterus – to prevent pregnancy.

Among the women and girls fitted with an IUD was Naja Lyberth.

It was in the 1970s that a doctor told Naja, who believes she was then aged about 13, to go to her local hospital to have a coil implanted following a routine school medical examination.

“I didn’t really know what it [was] because he never explained or got my permission,” says Naja, who at the time was living in Maniitsoq, a small town on Greenland’s west coast.

“I was afraid. I couldn’t tell my parents,” she says. “I was a virgin. I had never even kissed a boy.”

Now 60, Naja is one of the first to speak out about what happened.

“I can remember the doctors [in] white coats, and maybe there was a nurse. I saw the metal things [stirrups] where you should spread your legs. It was very frightening. The equipment the doctors used was so big for my child body – it was like having knives inside me.”
[US has done worse. And who inspired the Danes? Perhaps Anglos desiring to strip her of Greenland in a near future?]
🔻 Matt Bracken: Please ask the Greenlandic Inuit how much they love being ruled by Denmark. Ask them.

Reckoning with Denmark’s Cruel Birth Control Campaign [in Greenland against the Inuit] JANUARY 9, 2024 |story|
🔻 Matt Bracken: When the world finds out what Denmark did to the Inuit in Greenland, Denmark will have to beg for forgiveness. This was not done a century ago. This was done in the 60s and 70s, AND COVERED UP UNTIL NOW.
It was a pure NAZI extermination campaign, done in modern times.

Elijah is in southern lebanon, accompanying flood of people forcing their return home, in spite of still occupying zionazis. The following media appear from his own. Zionazi west will be humiliated OUT of their positions through popular flood, lol. No wonder Hezbollah kept calm. There are many ways to skin a crazed cat

💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ Southerners challenging Israel’s violation of the ceasefire and heading towards their villages on the borders. |media|
⭕ Israel has yet to honour the agreement brokered by the US, Qatar, Egypt, & Hamas regarding its withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor at the al-Rashid level.

Likewise, it will not adhered to the agreement mediated by the US, France, the UN, & the Lebanese gov concerning its withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
⭕ Israel vowed to liberate all Israeli prisoners through military action and to decisively defeat and dismantle Hamas. However, it has failed to fulfill these promises. Instead, Hamas has taken control of the narrative and the image, showcasing its strength and organisation during the high-profile prisoner exchange, further cementing its position in the ongoing war.
⭕ Israel vowed to defeat and dismantle Hezbollah, yet it has failed to achieve its stated military objectives. Instead, it has resorted to negotiating a ceasefire agreement, while Hezbollah capitalises on the pause to rebuild and strengthen its military capabilities, further solidifying its position in Lebanon.
⭕ Israel pledged to protect the Israelis but has devastatingly failed to do so, particularly in areas around Gaza and the northern regions. In the north, over 64,000 settlers are refusing to return to their homes, fearing a repeat of the events of October 7th, this time orchestrated by Hezbollah. This underscores the fragility of Israel’s defensive strategy and policy.
⭕ Southerners insisting and gathering to cross to the nearby border villages where Israel is still occupying to force the withdrawal. |media|
⭕ The road opened now with hundreds of people moving towards the borders. |media|
⭕ People of all ages holding Hezbollah‘s flags heading towards their villages. They support the resistance. |media|
⭕ The first homes on the Lebanese borders. |media|
⭕ One feels the aggression of the occupier and the violation of people’s properties. An atmosphere of sadness and joy.
⭕ People saying everything will be reconstructed with their will to remain on their land. |media|
⭕ In Chamaa where the resistance killed an Israeli officer of the Golani with Zeev Erlich, an Israeli archaeologist violation the sacred location. |media|
⭕ This is the location from where the two members of the Lebanese special forces – still alive – open fire against the occupation forces and killed two in Chamaa next to the shrine. |media|

💠Ahmed Hassan 🇾🇪 أحمد حسن زيد:
⭕ He was taken before the signing of the Oslo Accords.
37 years in Israeli prisons. Today, he was released
⭕ Stop barking for 1 minute..

Israel wanted to eliminate Hamas
To recover all the prisoners without negotiations with Hamas
To expel the Palestinians from Gaza
To occupy Gaza

Hamas wanted a prisoner exchange and for the war to stop

Who imposed what he wanted?

Now bark
⭕ retweet:
This is insane. @AliAbunimah, journalist and Executive Director for the @intifada has been arrested in Switzerland! Where are all you “free press” bitches??? |media|
⭕🔻 Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده: 🧵The arrest of @AliAbunimah in Zurich represents a shocking adoption of Israeli incitement by Swiss authorities. This unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression marks a grave moral and ethical decline for Switzerland. Speaking out for justice in Palestine is NOT a crime.
🔻 Mick Wallace: Arresting @AliAbunimah is one more example of Western Powers drift to Authoritarianism – Switzerland used to describe itself as a neutral State but it too has now sold out to US Empire. Follow the money…
⭕ retweet:
Israel is a satanic existential threat to the entire planet.
[links:
🔻 Anya Parampil: In his memoirs, longtime Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko writes about his final meeting with JFK, two months before the president’s assassination

JFK named two groups as stifling peace efforts between Washington & Moscow: ideological anti-communists & Zionists |media| ]
⭕ retweet:
🔻 Palestinian Youth Movement: The PYM demands @AliAbunimah’s immediate release and freedom to continue his press tour unimpeded in Switzerland or anywhere else. The world is watching the west continue to prove that their ‘freedom of speech’ is a sham. Our struggle will not be silenced.
⭕ retweet:
🔻 Richard Medhurst: The police are (again) seeking to extend their “terrorism” investigation against me by another 3 months, til May 2025 at least.
⭕ Trump is stupid and arrogant, and he will not like the result.
[links:
“🔻 Megatron: JUST IN: Trump says he is pressuring Jordan and Egypt to take in Palestinians from Gaza, as a plan to “just clean out” the territory — AP

“I spoke with the King of Jordan about the possibility of transferring Gazans to neighboring countries”

“I told him to take more people because the Gaza Strip is in a real mess. I want Egypt to take in people too, and I will talk to Al-Sisi tomorrow””]
⭕ retweet:
The people of south Lebanon ladies and gentlemen🫡 |media|
⭕ ** The difference between Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar :** |media|